Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,148,099 shares, a growth of 116.3% from the August 15th total of 2,379,749 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,035,367 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. First Pacific Financial purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 990.9% during the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 480 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 436 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Continuum Advisory LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, Johnson Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the fourth quarter worth $32,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH traded up $0.01 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $57.70. 2,374,064 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,062,875. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $57.64 and a 1 year high of $59.01. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.25.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.