Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VV) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VV) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 122,848 shares, a drop of 64.8% from the July 30th total of 348,721 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 248,580 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VV. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,862,217 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,215,826,000 after purchasing an additional 182,325 shares in the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 9.7% during the 4th quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 64,205 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,212,000 after purchasing an additional 5,683 shares during the last quarter. Moneywise Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 24.3% during the fourth quarter. Moneywise Inc. now owns 48,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,160,000 after buying an additional 9,404 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its stake in Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 34.5% in the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 8,469 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,681,000 after purchasing an additional 2,171 shares during the period. Finally, Mariner LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 588,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $185,197,000 after buying an additional 14,334 shares during the period.

Vanguard Large-Cap ETF Stock Down 0.2%

NYSEARCA:VV traded down $0.80 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $354.50. 216,143 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 370,214. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $347.22 and its 200 day moving average price is $331.77. The company has a market cap of $54.10 billion, a PE ratio of 24.59 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Large-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $289.11 and a 12-month high of $359.22.

Vanguard Large-Cap ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization stocks. The Fund employs a passive management investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index, a diversified index predominantly made up of stocks of large United States companies. The Fund attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.