Curran Financial Partners LLC Acquires 2,287 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Curran Financial Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 12.8% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 20,091 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,287 shares during the quarter. Curran Financial Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,171,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1,493.3% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 78,740 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,666,000 after buying an additional 73,798 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 27.7% in the 1st quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 11,747 shares of the company’s stock valued at $696,000 after buying an additional 2,547 shares during the period. Synovus Financial Corp acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 1st quarter worth $943,000. Blair William & Co. IL boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 85.7% in the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 15,856 shares of the company’s stock worth $940,000 after purchasing an additional 7,319 shares during the period. Finally, Zions Bancorporation N.A. acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 1st quarter worth $153,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VGSH traded down $0.03 on Thursday, reaching $57.65. The company had a trading volume of 689,453 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,236,999. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1-year low of $57.33 and a 1-year high of $58.81. The company’s fifty day moving average is $57.95 and its 200-day moving average is $57.96.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a dividend of $0.2019 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.20%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.