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

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,148,099 shares, a growth of 116.3% from the August 15th total of 2,379,749 shares. Currently, 1.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,035,367 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,600,092,000 after buying an additional 18,721,366 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 648.9% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,233,994 shares of the company’s stock valued at $131,203,000 after buying an additional 1,935,700 shares during the last quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 488.2% in the 4th quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,722,662 shares of the company’s stock valued at $101,172,000 after buying an additional 1,429,779 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 613.8% during the 4th quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 1,372,846 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,628,000 after acquiring an additional 1,180,518 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 10.8% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 11,529,094 shares of the company’s stock worth $674,913,000 after acquiring an additional 1,124,185 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $57.66 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.24. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $57.64 and a 1-year high of $59.01.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.