Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Short Interest Down 63.8% in March

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) saw a large decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 535,200 shares, a decline of 63.8% from the February 28th total of 1,480,000 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,062,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.56 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.42. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.46 and a fifty-two week high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1873 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 163.7% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 37,620,327 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,188,751,000 after buying an additional 23,351,829 shares in the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,410,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,121,000 after acquiring an additional 238,717 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 8.1% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 7,130,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $414,843,000 after acquiring an additional 536,918 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,835,986 shares of the company’s stock worth $339,538,000 after purchasing an additional 438,475 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $258,750,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.