Short Interest in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Declines By 25.8%

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) was the target of a large drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,423,313 shares, a drop of 25.8% from the November 30th total of 1,916,978 shares. Currently, 0.8% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 2,016,213 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Based on an average daily volume of 2,016,213 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 168.4% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,049,058 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,993,000 after purchasing an additional 1,285,615 shares during the last quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 3,756.8% during the second quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 936,819 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,574,000 after acquiring an additional 912,529 shares during the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 7.2% during the 2nd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 12,485,403 shares of the company’s stock worth $700,681,000 after acquiring an additional 833,733 shares during the period. Income Research & Management bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $39,619,000. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 13,917.1% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 671,840 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,705,000 after acquiring an additional 667,047 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of VGLT opened at $56.05 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $56.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $56.25. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $53.17 and a 12 month high of $59.46.

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.