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

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 619,000 shares, an increase of 63.9% from the July 31st total of 377,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,933,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VGLT opened at $61.30 on Wednesday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a twelve month low of $51.90 and a twelve month high of $62.50. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $59.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.26.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, August 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 1st were issued a $0.2014 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.19. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 1st. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.94%.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 221.6% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 42,085,362 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,493,137,000 after buying an additional 28,998,773 shares during the period. Nepc LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 185.0% in the first quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 4,029,312 shares of the company’s stock worth $238,696,000 after purchasing an additional 2,615,725 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 66.0% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,563,726 shares of the company’s stock valued at $329,595,000 after buying an additional 2,212,982 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 9.5% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 11,922,162 shares of the company’s stock worth $682,476,000 after buying an additional 1,033,360 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jordan Park Group LLC raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 128.0% in the 4th quarter. Jordan Park Group LLC now owns 1,720,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $105,887,000 after buying an additional 966,173 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF

Vanguard Long Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.