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

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in 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 trading volume, of 3,197,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.0 %

VGSH opened at $58.48 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.46 and a fifty-two week high of $59.13. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $58.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.43.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Kestra Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Trust Co. of Vermont bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $49,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 55.6% in the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 963 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,000 after purchasing an additional 344 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $87,000.

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.