Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Bought by J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.

J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 22.6% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 58,190 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,712 shares during the quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $3,417,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VGSH. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,539,000 after buying an additional 8,460 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 6.7% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 94,261 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,541,000 after buying an additional 5,917 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the second quarter valued at about $484,000. Glenview Trust co raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.8% in the second quarter. Glenview Trust co now owns 17,385 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,022,000 after buying an additional 4,486 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Main Street Financial Solutions LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 39.6% in the second quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 10,944 shares of the company’s stock valued at $643,000 after buying an additional 3,107 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.04 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.60. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.03 and a 52 week high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

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