Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Short Interest Up 51.9% in May

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,580,000 shares, a growth of 51.9% from the May 15th total of 1,040,000 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 3,893,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 163.7% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 37,620,327 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,188,751,000 after buying an additional 23,351,829 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $258,750,000. NorthRock Partners LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 241.3% during the fourth quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 3,611,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $210,136,000 after buying an additional 2,553,554 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $135,320,000. Finally, Partners Capital Investment Group LLP boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 81.6% during the first quarter. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP now owns 4,493,517 shares of the company’s stock valued at $263,725,000 after buying an additional 2,019,229 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGSH opened at $58.49 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $57.71 and a one year high of $59.13. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.55 and its 200-day moving average is $58.42.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.2046 per share. This represents a $2.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.20%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 2nd.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Short Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a short-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.