17-Apr-2026
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Most shorted small cap stocks as of mid-April led by healthcare sector
Seeking Alpha News (Fri, 17-Apr 3:29 PM ET)
The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of small-capitalization stocks in the United States
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol VB.
As of April 17, 2026, VB stock price climbed to $284.67 with 668,759 million shares trading.
VB has a beta of 0.94, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. VB has a correlation of 0.70 to the broad based SPY ETF.
VB has a market cap of $76.48 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, VB traded as high as $286.34 and as low as $174.84.
VB has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +39.2%, while the SPY ETF gained +36.3%. In the last 3 month period, VB beat the market returning +3.7%, while SPY returned +2.9%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks VB has underperformed the stock market by returning +7.6%, while SPY returned +8.3%.
VB support price is $275.41 and resistance is $283.73 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that VB shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
