Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the target of a large decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 539,200 shares, a decrease of 78.3% from the February 29th total of 2,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,826,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

VGSH opened at $58.12 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $57.93. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.33 and a 52 week high of $58.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 4th were issued a dividend of $0.1927 per share. This represents a $2.31 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Fairman Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $50,000. Napatree Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $221,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 33,207 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,937,000 after purchasing an additional 996 shares during the period. Addis & Hill Inc purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $752,000. Finally, Cape ANN Savings Bank raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Cape ANN Savings Bank now owns 156,179 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,143,000 after purchasing an additional 3,978 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Short Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.