VFMV Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF | BATS:VFMV)

Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests primarily in U.S. common stocks that when they are combined in a portfolio minimize volatility relative to the broad market, as determined by the advisor. The portfolio will include a diverse mix of companies representing many different market sectors and industry groups. The advisor uses a quantitative model to evaluate all of the securities in an investment universe comprised of U.S. large, mid, and small capitalization stocks and to construct a U.S. equity portfolio that seeks to achieve exposure to securities with relatively strong recent performance subject to a set of reasonable constraints designed to foster portfolio diversification and liquidity. Securities with relatively strong recent past performance may be identified by measures such as performance over different time periods.

Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF trades on the BATS stock market under the symbol VFMV.

As of May 8, 2024, VFMV stock price climbed to $111.17 with 3,004 million shares trading.

VFMV has a market cap of $99.50 million. This is considered a Micro Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, VFMV stock traded as high as $112.37 and as low as $87.69.

VFMV has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +15.7% while the SPY ETF gained +27.0%. However, in the short term, VFMV had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +4.7% vs +4.1% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, VFMV shares have been beat by the market, returning +1.8% compared to an SPY return of +2.3%.

VFMV support price is $110.10 and resistance is $111.82 (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 VFMV stock will trade within this expected range on the day.