Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) Short Interest Down 52.3% in April

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) was the target of a large drop in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 175,452 shares, a drop of 52.3% from the April 15th total of 367,806 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,342,660 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Klingman & Associates LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 17.3% during the 4th quarter. Klingman & Associates LLC now owns 2,087,310 shares of the company’s stock valued at $103,238,000 after buying an additional 307,650 shares during the period. Financial Consulate Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 13.1% during the 4th quarter. Financial Consulate Inc. now owns 557,604 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,579,000 after buying an additional 64,482 shares during the period. Alaska Wealth Advisors raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 8.1% during the 3rd quarter. Alaska Wealth Advisors now owns 255,335 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,928,000 after buying an additional 19,151 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 33.4% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 47,244 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,392,000 after buying an additional 11,837 shares during the period. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 10.9% during the 3rd quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,584,886 shares of the company’s stock valued at $181,742,000 after buying an additional 351,336 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Trading Down 0.1%

VTIP traded down $0.03 during trading on Friday, reaching $50.38. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,891,964 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,632,353. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $50.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $49.91. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $49.35 and a 1 year high of $50.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were paid a $0.0227 dividend. This represents a $0.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (VTIP) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with less than 5 years remaining to maturity. VTIP was launched on Oct 12, 2012 and is managed by Vanguard.