Short Interest in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Expands By 74.3%

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the target of a large increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,297,348 shares, an increase of 74.3% from the February 26th total of 1,318,374 shares. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 4,243,742 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.31 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.31 and a 12-month high of $59.01. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $58.70 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.76.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1696 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Modern Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% during the 2nd quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,000 after purchasing an additional 173 shares in the last quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 10,816 shares of the company’s stock valued at $637,000 after buying an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 7,539 shares of the company’s stock worth $444,000 after buying an additional 181 shares in the last quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 4,004 shares of the company’s stock worth $235,000 after buying an additional 184 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Webster Bank N. A. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 10.1% in the fourth quarter. Webster Bank N. A. now owns 2,015 shares of the company’s stock worth $118,000 after buying an additional 185 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 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.