Short Interest in Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOOG) Declines By 36.5%

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOOGGet Free Report) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 969,506 shares, a decline of 36.5% from the July 15th total of 1,525,855 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 1,326,539 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VOOG. M3 Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $5,166,000. Robertson Stephens Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF in the 4th quarter worth $3,505,000. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF by 2.7% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 581,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $258,653,000 after buying an additional 15,189 shares in the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF by 10.7% in the fourth quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 256,585 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,075,000 after buying an additional 24,845 shares during the period. Finally, Curry Webb Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF in the first quarter valued at $18,939,000.

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VOOG traded down $1.09 on Tuesday, hitting $83.96. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,083,032 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,596,453. Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $64.99 and a 12 month high of $86.14. The company has a market capitalization of $26.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.89 and a beta of 1.17. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $82.15 and its two-hundred day moving average is $77.61.

About Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF

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The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 500 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of U.S. large-cap growth stocks VOOG was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.

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