Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Short Interest Up 148.8% in January

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 985,600 shares, a growth of 148.8% from the December 31st total of 396,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,636,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.

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

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% in the 2nd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares in the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter worth about $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter valued at about $45,000. Archer Investment Corp purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $48,000. Finally, S.A. Mason LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% in the 3rd quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of VGSH traded up $0.04 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $58.40. The company had a trading volume of 2,151,646 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,453,955. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a one year low of $57.46 and a one year high of $59.13. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $58.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.46.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a dividend of $0.2006 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18.

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.