Short Interest in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Rises By 84.7%

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 988,400 shares, an increase of 84.7% from the March 15th total of 535,200 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 3,500,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

VGSH opened at $58.62 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.38. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.46 and a 1 year high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.206 per share. This represents a $2.47 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 1st.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. FMR LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 151.3% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,044 shares of the company’s stock valued at $298,000 after buying an additional 3,037 shares in the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,911,421 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,852,000 after acquiring an additional 65,105 shares in the last quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 15.0% during the 3rd quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 68,340 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,033,000 after acquiring an additional 8,917 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 72.1% during the 3rd quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC now owns 34,368 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,028,000 after purchasing an additional 14,397 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter worth $1,775,000.

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.