Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:EDV) Short Interest Down 45.2% in August

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:EDV) saw a significant decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 859,662 shares, a decline of 45.2% from the August 15th total of 1,568,477 shares. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 1,545,370 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF stock traded down $0.27 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $58.95. 1,431,148 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,236,686. Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.33 and a 52 week high of $71.31. The company’s fifty day moving average is $60.51 and its 200-day moving average is $63.14.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in EDV. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 691,644 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,964,000 after buying an additional 32,238 shares during the period. Cadence Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF by 80.6% during the 1st quarter. Cadence Wealth Management LLC now owns 383,603 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,915,000 after acquiring an additional 171,253 shares during the last quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF by 9.7% during the fourth quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 349,031 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,690,000 after purchasing an additional 30,847 shares in the last quarter. Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning LLC now owns 319,639 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,780,000 after purchasing an additional 16,889 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF by 36.9% in the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 286,278 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,611,000 after purchasing an additional 77,135 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury STRIPS 20-30 Year Equal Par Bond Index. The Index measures the investment return of Treasury STRIPS, coupon and principal, with maturities ranging from 20 to 30 years. A Treasury STRIP represents a single coupon payment, or a single principal payment, from a United States Treasury security that has been stripped into separately tradable components.