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

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund (NASDAQ:VGLT – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 641,100 shares, a decline of 22.6% from the January 31st total of 828,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,292,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Centurion Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund during the 4th quarter worth approximately $215,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund by 68.0% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 7,591 shares of the company’s stock worth $468,000 after acquiring an additional 3,073 shares in the last quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund during the 4th quarter worth approximately $305,000. Truist Financial Corp grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund by 21.5% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 194,181 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,965,000 after purchasing an additional 34,314 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Trust grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund by 20.7% during the 4th quarter. American Trust now owns 92,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,686,000 after purchasing an additional 15,833 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund Trading Up 2.2 %

NASDAQ VGLT opened at $62.67 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $64.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $63.93. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund has a 52 week low of $57.04 and a 52 week high of $85.33.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.161 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 1st.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund Company Profile

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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.