Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,083,971 shares, a drop of 21.3% from the January 15th total of 1,377,395 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,129,588 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 4,129,588 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,600,092,000 after buying an additional 18,721,366 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.6% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 23,769,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,395,992,000 after acquiring an additional 1,685,710 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 13.3% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,899,709 shares of the company’s stock worth $582,598,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162,540 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,425,375 shares of the company’s stock worth $494,822,000 after acquiring an additional 336,233 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Orgel Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,078,817 shares of the company’s stock worth $474,469,000 after acquiring an additional 553,478 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VGSH traded down $0.03 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $58.86. 4,755,686 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,851,503. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $58.76 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.77. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.22 and a fifty-two week high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd were paid a $0.1854 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.