Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:EDV) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 123.2% in September

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:EDV) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 717,787 shares, a growth of 123.2% from the September 15th total of 321,553 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,519,625 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. RHS Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at $1,466,000. Fermata Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF by 30.4% during the 3rd quarter. Fermata Advisors LLC now owns 105,681 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,860,000 after purchasing an additional 24,644 shares during the period. Galvin Gaustad & Stein LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $322,000. Conrad Siegel Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. Conrad Siegel Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 21,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,202,000 after purchasing an additional 681 shares during the period. Finally, Legacy Private Trust Co. purchased a new position in Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $540,000.

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:EDV traded up $0.73 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $56.37. 2,058,495 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,367,339. Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF has a one year low of $53.40 and a one year high of $71.31. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $58.66 and its 200-day simple moving average is $61.72.

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF Company Profile

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.