Short Interest in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Rises By 25.6%

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 1,670,000 shares, a growth of 25.6% from the February 13th total of 1,330,000 shares. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,666,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.6 days.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Down 0.5 %

NASDAQ VGLT opened at $57.06 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $56.13 and its 200-day moving average price is $57.89. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $53.80 and a 52 week high of $63.41.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a $0.1893 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Blair William & Co. IL grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 81.8% during the fourth quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 260 shares in the last quarter. Sightline Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Sightline Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 12,449 shares of the company’s stock worth $689,000 after purchasing an additional 261 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 50.9% during the fourth quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 943 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,000 after purchasing an additional 318 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 22,825 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,263,000 after purchasing an additional 347 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Community Bank N.A. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Community Bank N.A. now owns 9,445 shares of the company’s stock worth $523,000 after purchasing an additional 382 shares in the last quarter.

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.