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

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 2,100,084 shares, a growth of 56.3% from the February 12th total of 1,343,762 shares. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 3,129,554 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Based on an average daily volume of 3,129,554 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. World Investment Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the 4th quarter worth $1,005,000. PeakShares LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $884,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,303,208 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,721,000 after purchasing an additional 89,985 shares during the period. EJMK Ventures LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $664,000. Finally, Bank of Hawaii grew its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 16.3% during the fourth quarter. Bank of Hawaii now owns 113,095 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,311,000 after buying an additional 15,849 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGLT opened at $55.29 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $53.17 and a 12-month high of $59.46. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $56.36 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $56.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a $0.1874 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Company Profile

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. Long Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, with maturities greater than 10 years.