Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Stock Short Interest Declines 55.1%

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,519,683 shares, a drop of 55.1% from the September 30th total of 5,612,713 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 5,571,386 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $57.91 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $57.38 and a 12 month high of $59.01. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $57.73 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.22.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 50.8% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 570 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 192 shares in the last quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.9% during the first quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,285,000 after purchasing an additional 199 shares during the period. Great Waters Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Great Waters Wealth Management now owns 18,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,102,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares during the last quarter. Capital Analysts LLC grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% during the second quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 5,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $295,000 after buying an additional 215 shares during the period. Finally, CWA Asset Management Group LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.3% during the 3rd quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC now owns 16,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $970,000 after acquiring an additional 220 shares during the period.

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.