Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 175,452 shares, a decline of 52.3% from the April 15th total of 367,806 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 2,342,660 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VTIP. Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 396.0% during the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 3,633,423 shares of the company’s stock worth $179,709,000 after purchasing an additional 2,900,809 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 11.1% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 28,695,157 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,452,836,000 after purchasing an additional 2,858,242 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 39.4% during the fourth quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 6,908,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $341,676,000 after purchasing an additional 1,950,826 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 22.1% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 10,366,837 shares of the company’s stock worth $512,744,000 after purchasing an additional 1,877,940 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $73,135,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VTIP opened at $50.38 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a 12 month low of $49.35 and a 12 month high of $50.81. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $50.10 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $49.91.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were paid a dividend of $0.0227 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $0.09 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (VTIP) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with less than 5 years remaining to maturity. VTIP was launched on Oct 12, 2012 and is managed by Vanguard.