Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Stake Reduced by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC cut its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 4.2% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 1,910,663 shares of the company’s stock after selling 83,472 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $112,213,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. CENTRAL TRUST Co increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.3% in the third 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 in the last quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.5% in the third quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 1,099,462 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,703,000 after buying an additional 57,803 shares in the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.4% in the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 518,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,486,000 after buying an additional 17,018 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,783,000 after buying an additional 50,635 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GEN Financial Management INC. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.3% in the fourth quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. now owns 232,259 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,641,000 after buying an additional 39,193 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.15 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $58.43 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.65. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.13 and a 1 year high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 1st were issued a dividend of $0.1789 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 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.