Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) Short Interest Down 58.5% in December

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) saw a significant decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 221,100 shares, a decline of 58.5% from the December 15th total of 532,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,845,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VGIT. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $36,000. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $43,000. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 57.4% during the third quarter. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC now owns 850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 310 shares during the last quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter worth about $89,000. Finally, Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $96,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

VGIT traded down $0.04 during trading on Monday, reaching $57.47. The stock had a trading volume of 1,497,345 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,833,859. The business has a 50-day moving average of $58.35 and a 200-day moving average of $59.12. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a one year low of $57.03 and a one year high of $60.82.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a dividend of $0.1901 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.19. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Intermediate Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with an intermediate-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.