Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF

VTWO Fund · Nasdaq

Market statistics

Annualised volatility 18.8%
Beta vs SPY 1.21
Market correlation 0.827
Rate sensitivity -0.35
Volatility sensitivity -0.74
Traded per day $199.1M

Measured from daily returns over the past year. That is not the same estimator as the beta quoted on most finance sites, which is usually five years of monthly returns, and in a market where single stocks move on their own news the daily figure comes out materially lower. Over this window the average large-cap correlation to the index is far below its long-run level: a low number here is a statement about the last twelve months, not a claim that the security is uncorrelated with the market in general.

Short selling — three different measurements

Shares short 9.2M
Days to cover 10.2
Change vs prior +0.1%
Short share of volume 61.2%
Largest fail balance 274,495
Dates with a fail balance 30

These measure different things and are routinely confused. Shares short is an outstanding position, reported twice monthly (settlement 2026-08-14). Short share of volume counts sell-side transactions flagged short each day, most of which is market-maker hedging closed the same session — the market-wide median is around half. Fail balances are shares that did not settle on time; the SEC states these are cumulative balances whose age cannot be determined, and they are not evidence of naked short selling.

Ownership

Institutions reporting a position 673
Reported value $10.05B

Largest reported holdersamong the managers stored here

ManagerReported valueShares
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ $2.39B 23,836,224
UBS Group AG $1.28B 12,813,599
NEOS Investment Management LLC $661.6M 6,604,674
US BANCORP \DE\ $576.8M 5,758,210
JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP $412.2M 4,197,675
FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ $47.5M 474,675
AE Wealth Management LLC $28.3M 282,158
Lido Advisors, LLC $27.7M 276,952

Moves most like

Ticker1-year correlationVolatility vs VTWO
IWM iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 0.998 1.00×
FESM Fidelity Enhanced Small Cap Core ETF 0.984 1.00×
SMMD iShares Russell 2500 ETF 0.977 0.92×
IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth Fund 0.975 1.19×
GSSC GS ActiveBeta U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 0.975 0.95×
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF 0.975 1.20×
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF 0.969 0.94×
PRFZ Invesco RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF 0.968 0.94×

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