132,434 Shares in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Acquired by Guardian Wealth Management LLC

Guardian Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 132,434 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,778,000. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF makes up about 2.5% of Guardian Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 15th biggest position.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Raab & Moskowitz Asset Management LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.7% during the fourth quarter. Raab & Moskowitz Asset Management LLC now owns 11,237 shares of the company’s stock worth $660,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. American National Bank & Trust lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 28.0% during the fourth quarter. American National Bank & Trust now owns 24,337 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,429,000 after acquiring an additional 5,318 shares during the period. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $617,000. Birchcreek Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 6.4% in the 4th quarter. Birchcreek Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,711 shares of the company’s stock valued at $688,000 after purchasing an additional 702 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Perigon Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 40.7% in the 4th quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC now owns 90,282 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,302,000 after purchasing an additional 26,131 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.39 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.31 and a 12-month high of $59.01. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.67 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.74.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.1855 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st. This is a positive change 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%.

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.