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

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 653,600 shares, a growth of 171.8% from the July 31st total of 240,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,622,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $57.59 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $57.69 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.12. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.31 and a fifty-two week high of $58.93.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 4th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 2nd were issued a $0.1709 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, August 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. ProVise Management Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.1% in the second quarter. ProVise Management Group LLC now owns 8,647 shares of the company’s stock valued at $499,000 after purchasing an additional 181 shares in the last quarter. Coombe Bender & Co LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 10.5% during the 2nd quarter. Coombe Bender & Co LLC now owns 57,157 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,300,000 after acquiring an additional 5,430 shares in the last quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 489.8% during the 2nd quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC now owns 482,446 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,852,000 after acquiring an additional 400,647 shares in the last quarter. Imprint Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $7,459,000. Finally, GTS Securities LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,000,000.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.