Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) Short Interest Update

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

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGIT opened at $57.88 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $58.30 and its 200 day simple moving average is $59.11. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12-month low of $57.03 and a 12-month high of $60.82.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

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

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGIT. Wedbush Securities Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 52.6% during the 2nd quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 5,575 shares of the company’s stock valued at $325,000 after acquiring an additional 1,922 shares in the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $36,000. BOKF NA raised its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 105.1% during the 2nd quarter. BOKF NA now owns 5,268 shares of the company’s stock valued at $307,000 after acquiring an additional 2,699 shares in the last quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.4% during the 2nd quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC now owns 3,852 shares of the company’s stock valued at $224,000 after acquiring an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,366,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $137,812,000 after acquiring an additional 83,972 shares in the last quarter.

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.