Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Short Interest Up 101.2% in July

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 249,946 shares, a growth of 101.2% from the July 15th total of 124,214 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 190,586 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of VOT. Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. acquired a new position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the first quarter worth about $28,000. Wellington Grp LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 87.0% in the first quarter. Wellington Grp LLC now owns 129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Entrust Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $46,000.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VOT stock traded up $0.58 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $314.02. 142,787 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 228,561. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $300.56 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $285.56. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $248.23 and a 1-year high of $315.14. The firm has a market cap of $20.41 billion, a PE ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.16.

About Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Mid Cap Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of medium-size 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.