Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,297,348 shares, a growth of 74.3% from the February 26th total of 1,318,374 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,243,742 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Modern Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,000 after buying an additional 173 shares in the last quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 10,816 shares of the company’s stock worth $637,000 after acquiring an additional 175 shares in the last quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 7,539 shares of the company’s stock valued at $444,000 after acquiring an additional 181 shares during the last quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 4,004 shares of the company’s stock valued at $235,000 after acquiring an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Webster Bank N. A. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 10.1% in the fourth quarter. Webster Bank N. A. now owns 2,015 shares of the company’s stock valued at $118,000 after acquiring an additional 185 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.41 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $58.31 and a 1-year high of $59.01. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $58.70 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.76.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a $0.1696 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 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.