Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC Lowers Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC lowered its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 11.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 110,086 shares of the company’s stock after selling 14,910 shares during the quarter. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $6,465,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VGSH. HighMark Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 990.9% during the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 480 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 436 shares during the last quarter. Holos Integrated Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Cresta Advisors Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Orion Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 196.7% during the fourth quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 537 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 356 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.09 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $58.34 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.59. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $58.03 and a 12 month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a dividend of $0.1845 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.8%.

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.