Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,325,880 shares, an increase of 69.7% from the June 30th total of 1,960,354 shares. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,858,138 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 1,010.9% in the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 611 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 556 shares in the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 123.9% during the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 591 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 327 shares during the last quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 88.0% during the fourth quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 287 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Analysts LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 38.6% during the fourth quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 653 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 182 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

VGLT stock opened at $53.10 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $54.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $55.25. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $52.96 and a one year high of $58.44.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a $0.2076 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.7%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st.

About Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

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.