Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Short Interest Up 69.7% in July

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,325,880 shares, a growth of 69.7% from the June 30th total of 1,960,354 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,858,138 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGLT opened at $52.74 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $52.56 and a fifty-two week high of $58.44. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $54.40 and a 200-day moving average price of $55.23.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2076 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.7%.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 1,010.9% in the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 611 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 556 shares during the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 123.9% in the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 591 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 327 shares during the last quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 88.0% in the fourth quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 613 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 287 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Analysts LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 38.6% in the fourth quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 653 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 182 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Long-Term Treasury 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. Long Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, with maturities greater than 10 years.