Short Interest in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Grows By 25.4%

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 1,480,000 shares, a growth of 25.4% from the February 13th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,197,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of 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 valued at $2,188,751,000 after buying an additional 23,351,829 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the fourth quarter worth $258,750,000. NorthRock Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 241.3% in the fourth quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 3,611,820 shares of the company’s stock worth $210,136,000 after purchasing an additional 2,553,554 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the fourth quarter worth $135,320,000. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6,213.3% in the third quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 908,739 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,256,000 after purchasing an additional 894,345 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.48 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a one year low of $57.46 and a one year high of $59.13. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $58.32 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.43.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.