Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Short Interest Down 78.3% in March

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) saw a significant drop in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 539,200 shares, a drop of 78.3% from the February 29th total of 2,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,826,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.07 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $58.11 and its 200 day simple moving average is $57.94. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a twelve month low of $57.33 and a twelve month high of $58.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 4th were paid a $0.1927 dividend. This represents a $2.31 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.98%. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 1st.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 16.4% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 56,270,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,241,196,000 after purchasing an additional 7,909,057 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 44.8% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 17,907,581 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,035,416,000 after purchasing an additional 5,538,792 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 27.7% in the 2nd quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 7,535,259 shares of the company’s stock worth $435,010,000 after purchasing an additional 1,632,760 shares during the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,427,897 shares of the company’s stock worth $374,939,000 after purchasing an additional 20,759 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.6% during the second quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 4,400,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $254,041,000 after buying an additional 109,857 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.