Short Interest in Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVOO) Drops By 46.5%

Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVOO) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 71,454 shares, a decrease of 46.5% from the July 15th total of 133,575 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 72,048 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. NWM Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $12,624,000. Raelipskie Partnership raised its position in shares of Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF by 7.5% during the fourth quarter. Raelipskie Partnership now owns 81,255 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,084,000 after acquiring an additional 5,690 shares during the last quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF by 12.8% in the fourth quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC now owns 55,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,259,000 after acquiring an additional 6,345 shares during the period. SoundView Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,678,000. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF by 38.3% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,081,311 shares of the company’s stock valued at $120,891,000 after acquiring an additional 299,175 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA IVOO traded down $0.25 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $132.83. 108,594 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 86,342. The company has a market cap of $3.87 billion, a PE ratio of 18.32 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF has a twelve month low of $105.29 and a twelve month high of $133.14. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $128.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $123.30.

About Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF

The Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF (IVOO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Mid Cap 400 index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of mid-cap US companies. IVOO was launched on Sep 9, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.