Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Short Interest Down 38.0% in August

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 303,100 shares, a decrease of 38.0% from the August 15th total of 489,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,840,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Down 0.6 %

VGLT opened at $58.31 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a twelve month low of $57.04 and a twelve month high of $67.25. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $60.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $62.72.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 7th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 5th were issued a $0.1813 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.17.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bristlecone Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Signaturefd LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $37,000. VitalStone Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $46,000. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $47,000.

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.