Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Short Interest Up 99.1% in December

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,750,000 shares, a growth of 99.1% from the December 15th total of 878,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,735,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 1.6 %

Shares of VGLT stock opened at $54.88 on Wednesday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1-year low of $53.79 and a 1-year high of $63.41. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $56.74 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.84.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a $0.2075 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VGLT. Choreo LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter valued at $352,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 9.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,454,271 shares of the company’s stock valued at $141,562,000 after purchasing an additional 211,658 shares during the last quarter. Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 48.2% in the second quarter. Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. now owns 65,036 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,751,000 after purchasing an additional 21,138 shares during the last quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter valued at $279,000. Finally, Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 9.0% in the second quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. now owns 92,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,318,000 after purchasing an additional 7,598 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index 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.