Retirement Systems of Alabama Increases Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Retirement Systems of Alabama increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 35.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 161,270 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 42,620 shares during the period. Retirement Systems of Alabama’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $9,471,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,539,000 after buying an additional 8,460 shares during the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $224,000. CW Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 628.1% during the 2nd quarter. CW Advisors LLC now owns 129,567 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,616,000 after acquiring an additional 111,771 shares in the last quarter. Portland Global Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.9% during the 2nd quarter. Portland Global Advisors LLC now owns 705,265 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,455,000 after acquiring an additional 39,521 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brown Advisory Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 30.9% during the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 1,615,046 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,932,000 after acquiring an additional 381,678 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

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 $58.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.74.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.