Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) Short Interest Update

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 1,301,946 shares, a growth of 51.2% from the February 12th total of 860,796 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,692,239 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 3,692,239 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Price Performance

Shares of VPL stock traded down $0.76 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $97.12. 930,480 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,887,452. Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF has a fifty-two week low of $64.21 and a fifty-two week high of $109.36. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $100.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is $93.49. The company has a market cap of $8.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.65 and a beta of 0.77.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 4.8% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 117,397 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,613,000 after buying an additional 5,399 shares during the period. Catalyst Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $322,000. Compound Planning Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 6,374 shares of the company’s stock valued at $576,000 after acquiring an additional 260 shares during the period. Jacobs Equity LLC bought a new position in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $3,998,000. Finally, Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $300,000.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Company Profile

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF, formerly Vanguard MSCI Pacific ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI Pacific Index that consists of common stocks of companies located in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the MSCI Pacific Index (the Index).