Short Interest in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOV) Decreases By 48.6%

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOV) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 28,456 shares, a drop of 48.6% from the March 31st total of 55,376 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 36,543 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF Trading Up 0.4%

NYSEARCA VIOV traded up $0.42 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $110.86. 68,873 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 49,401. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $104.45 and a 200 day simple moving average of $101.23. Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF has a 1-year low of $77.48 and a 1-year high of $111.35. The firm has a market cap of $1.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.90 and a beta of 1.01.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VIOV. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 32.9% in the fourth quarter. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc now owns 436 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares in the last quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC now owns 27,922 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,730,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares in the last quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 1.7% in the third quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 7,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $740,000 after purchasing an additional 133 shares in the last quarter. Integrity Alliance LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 8.3% in the fourth quarter. Integrity Alliance LLC. now owns 2,317 shares of the company’s stock valued at $227,000 after purchasing an additional 177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Equitable Holdings Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Equitable Holdings Inc. now owns 4,347 shares of the company’s stock valued at $425,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

The Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Small Cap 600 Value index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of small-cap value companies selected from the S&P 600. VIOV was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.