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

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) was the target of a large decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 698,667 shares, a decline of 42.0% from the May 14th total of 1,204,815 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 634,219 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Trading Up 0.3%

NYSEARCA:VPL opened at $114.68 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF has a 12 month low of $78.37 and a 12 month high of $118.34. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $109.36 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $101.34. The company has a market cap of $8.79 billion, a PE ratio of 14.65 and a beta of 0.80.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Cardiff Park Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Cardiff Park Advisors LLC now owns 42,675 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,858,000 after acquiring an additional 120 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 37.6% during the 3rd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 443 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. Harrell Investment Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Harrell Investment Partners LLC now owns 6,015 shares of the company’s stock valued at $544,000 after acquiring an additional 123 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 6,404 shares of the company’s stock valued at $526,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares during the period. Finally, Unconventional Investor LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Unconventional Investor LLC now owns 5,335 shares of the company’s stock valued at $482,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Company Profile

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).