Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 878,800 shares, a decrease of 25.5% from the November 30th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,628,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 72.0% in the third quarter. Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC now owns 25,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,549,000 after acquiring an additional 10,538 shares during the period. Full Sail Capital LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.8% during the second quarter. Full Sail Capital LLC now owns 261,371 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,076,000 after buying an additional 7,052 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 15.9% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 64,939 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,996,000 after buying an additional 8,911 shares during the period. Tortoise Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 38.2% during the 2nd quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 365,610 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,088,000 after acquiring an additional 100,998 shares during the period. Finally, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 168.2% during the 2nd quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 15,419 shares of the company’s stock worth $889,000 after acquiring an additional 9,671 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VGLT traded down $0.39 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $55.10. The stock had a trading volume of 3,914,314 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,582,175. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $54.96 and a 1 year high of $63.41. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $57.50 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $59.17.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.