Short Interest in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) Decreases By 58.5%

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 221,100 shares, a decrease of 58.5% from the December 15th total of 532,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,845,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGIT opened at $57.44 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $58.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is $59.12. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.03 and a 52 week high of $60.82.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a dividend of $0.1901 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.19.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wedbush Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 52.6% in the second quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 5,575 shares of the company’s stock worth $325,000 after acquiring an additional 1,922 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $36,000. BOKF NA raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 105.1% during the second quarter. BOKF NA now owns 5,268 shares of the company’s stock valued at $307,000 after purchasing an additional 2,699 shares during the period. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.4% in the second quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC now owns 3,852 shares of the company’s stock worth $224,000 after buying an additional 233 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.7% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,366,692 shares of the company’s stock worth $137,812,000 after buying an additional 83,972 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF

Vanguard Intermediate Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with an intermediate-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.