Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) Short Interest Up 21.1% in January

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 683,700 shares, an increase of 21.1% from the January 15th total of 564,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,786,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VGIT. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1,071.1% during the fourth quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 407 shares during the last quarter. Kestra Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. YANKCOM Partnership acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $43,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGIT opened at $58.29 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $58.11 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $59.03. 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 business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.1912 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.19. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF

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.