Short Interest in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Decreases By 23.1%

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) saw a significant drop in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,200,000 shares, a drop of 23.1% from the October 15th total of 1,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,581,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.

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

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 25.6% in the first quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 26,593 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,575,000 after acquiring an additional 5,424 shares during the last quarter. Tiff Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.7% in the first quarter. Tiff Advisory Services LLC now owns 140,227 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,307,000 after acquiring an additional 6,265 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 221.6% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 42,085,362 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,493,137,000 after acquiring an additional 28,998,773 shares during the last quarter. Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the first quarter valued at $632,000. Finally, Peak Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.2% in the first quarter. Peak Asset Management LLC now owns 176,245 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,441,000 after acquiring an additional 7,165 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $56.82 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $59.85 and a two-hundred day moving average of $59.09. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $54.96 and a fifty-two week high of $63.41.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2123 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index 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.