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

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) saw a large drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 65,916 shares, a drop of 72.8% from the June 15th total of 242,174 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 418,247 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Rathbones Group PLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 8.2% in the fourth quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 187,534 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,953,000 after acquiring an additional 14,199 shares during the period. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $445,000. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 6.2% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 356,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,202,000 after purchasing an additional 20,666 shares during the last quarter. Silphium Asset Management Ltd bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $16,145,000. Finally, WealthBridge Investment Counsel Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 72.8% during the 4th quarter. WealthBridge Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 119,165 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,773,000 after buying an additional 50,223 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Trading Up 0.6%

NYSEARCA:VPL traded up $0.71 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $113.78. 528,072 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,226,357. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $113.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $104.85. Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF has a 1 year low of $80.34 and a 1 year high of $121.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.65 and a beta of 0.80.

About Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

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).