Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC Sells 21,302 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC lowered its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,069,672 shares of the company’s stock after selling 21,302 shares during the period. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC owned approximately 0.27% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $62,950,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. CENTRAL TRUST Co boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.3% during the 3rd quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 63,928 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,762,000 after buying an additional 16,328 shares during the period. First Horizon Corp purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at about $1,145,000. Ullmann Wealth Partners Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 14.0% during the third quarter. Ullmann Wealth Partners Group LLC now owns 245,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,430,000 after acquiring an additional 30,051 shares during the last quarter. Permanent Capital Management LP bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the third quarter valued at about $679,000. Finally, First Command Advisory Services Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.5% during the third quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 1,099,462 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,703,000 after purchasing an additional 57,803 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.86 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.29 and a 1 year high of $58.98. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $58.76 and its 200 day moving average is $58.77.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.1854 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.