Short Interest in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) Increases By 22.3%

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) saw a significant growth in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,720,000 shares, a growth of 22.3% from the April 30th total of 7,130,000 shares. Approximately 6.5% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 1,799,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.8 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 5.4% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 26,098,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,331,396,000 after buying an additional 1,333,809 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 152.0% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 6,862,034 shares of the company’s stock valued at $556,030,000 after acquiring an additional 4,138,846 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 6.1% in the 1st quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 6,036,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $486,869,000 after acquiring an additional 348,892 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 17.2% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 4,534,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $405,038,000 after acquiring an additional 666,635 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 10,037.9% during the 4th quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 3,330,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $297,514,000 after purchasing an additional 3,297,648 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VTWO opened at $84.49 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.27 and a beta of 1.11. The business has a 50-day moving average of $79.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $86.39. Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $69.38 and a fifty-two week high of $99.12.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 25th were given a dividend of $0.2475 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 25th. This represents a $0.99 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.17%.

About Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF

The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (VTWO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 2000 index, a market-cap-weighted index of US small-cap stocks VTWO was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.