Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) Sees Large Decline in Short Interest

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR – Get Free Report) saw a large decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 73,518 shares, a decline of 40.0% from the September 15th total of 122,550 shares. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 39,860 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VTHR traded down $3.87 on Friday, hitting $335.25. 32,250 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 34,561. Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF has a twelve month low of $278.45 and a twelve month high of $344.56. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.16 and a beta of 1.01. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $338.85 and its 200-day moving average price is $328.24.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VTHR. Lincoln National Corp lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 462,641 shares of the company’s stock worth $133,044,000 after purchasing an additional 4,681 shares during the last quarter. Tompkins Financial Corp bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF in the third quarter valued at about $100,840,000. Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 2,939.5% during the second quarter. Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC now owns 67,720 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,444,000 after buying an additional 65,492 shares in the last quarter. Pennington Partners & CO. LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 38.9% in the 1st quarter. Pennington Partners & CO. LLC now owns 63,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,336,000 after acquiring an additional 17,870 shares during the period. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 6.5% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 53,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,822,000 after purchasing an additional 3,282 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

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The Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (VTHR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 3000 index, a market-cap-weighted index that measures the investable US equity space, covering the entire market-cap spectrum including micro-caps. VTHR was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.

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