Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Short Interest Up 51.9% in May

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,580,000 shares, an increase of 51.9% from the May 15th total of 1,040,000 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 3,893,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

VGSH opened at $58.49 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $58.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.42. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $57.71 and a 1 year high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 2nd were issued a $0.2046 dividend. This represents a $2.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.20%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 2nd. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 38.0% during the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 12,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $726,000 after acquiring an additional 3,435 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the fourth quarter worth $201,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 750,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,642,000 after buying an additional 30,856 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 48.5% in the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,843 shares of the company’s stock worth $107,000 after buying an additional 602 shares during the period. Finally, Heritage Wealth Management Inc. CA increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Heritage Wealth Management Inc. CA now owns 107,755 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,269,000 after buying an additional 4,738 shares during the period.

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.