Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH is Grove Bank & Trust’s 6th Largest Position

Grove Bank & Trust grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 90.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 586,889 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 278,709 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises about 3.4% of Grove Bank & Trust’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest position. Grove Bank & Trust owned approximately 0.12% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $34,157,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,600,092,000 after purchasing an additional 18,721,366 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 23,769,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,395,992,000 after buying an additional 1,685,710 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 10.8% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 11,529,094 shares of the company’s stock valued at $674,913,000 after buying an additional 1,124,185 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.2% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,425,375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $494,822,000 after buying an additional 336,233 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 5,467,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $321,132,000 after buying an additional 16,138 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.03 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $58.11 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.40. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52-week low of $57.95 and a 52-week high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 3rd will be paid a $0.1823 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 3rd.

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.