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

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 532,500 shares, a decline of 52.5% from the November 30th total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,766,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

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

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VGIT. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.8% during the third quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 8,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $499,000 after buying an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Choreo LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 194.7% in the 2nd quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 13,817 shares of the company’s stock worth $801,000 after purchasing an additional 9,128 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management grew its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 61.3% during the 3rd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 16,377 shares of the company’s stock worth $990,000 after purchasing an additional 6,223 shares in the last quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 26.7% during the 2nd quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 55,172 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,213,000 after purchasing an additional 11,621 shares during the period. Finally, SouthState Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 24.5% in the second quarter. SouthState Corp now owns 1,269 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGIT traded down $0.07 during trading on Friday, hitting $57.78. The company had a trading volume of 2,870,986 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,570,482. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.03 and a 52 week high of $60.82. The business’s 50-day moving average is $58.55 and its 200 day moving average is $59.15.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.