Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Position Raised by ST Germain D J Co. Inc.

ST Germain D J Co. Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 124.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 19,780 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,980 shares during the period. ST Germain D J Co. Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $1,162,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 164.2% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,950,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $173,423,000 after buying an additional 1,833,531 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $513,571,000 after buying an additional 1,827,364 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.9% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,089,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $476,046,000 after buying an additional 1,396,444 shares in the last quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1,216.3% in the third quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 1,143,299 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,283,000 after buying an additional 1,056,439 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Penserra Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 250.8% in the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 1,266,655 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,542,000 after buying an additional 905,529 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.55 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.31 and a 1 year high of $59.01. The business’s fifty day moving average is $58.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.71.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were issued a $0.1855 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

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.