Heck Capital Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Heck Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 682.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 73,085 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 63,741 shares during the period. Heck Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $4,292,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Melfa Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.6% during the fourth quarter. Melfa Wealth Management Inc. now owns 9,226 shares of the company’s stock valued at $542,000 after acquiring an additional 2,370 shares during the last quarter. Biltmore Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Biltmore Wealth Management LLC now owns 137,020 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,047,000 after acquiring an additional 3,600 shares during the period. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $327,000 after acquiring an additional 365 shares during the last quarter. Kendall Capital Management boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. Kendall Capital Management now owns 6,850 shares of the company’s stock worth $402,000 after purchasing an additional 290 shares during the period. Finally, Trust Co. of Vermont boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 139.8% during the 4th quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 59,794 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,512,000 after purchasing an additional 34,861 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH 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 firm’s 50-day moving average is $58.68 and its 200 day moving average is $58.75.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.1855 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st.

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.