Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) is Evensky & Katz LLC’s 7th Largest Position

Evensky & Katz LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 2.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,157,833 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 25,235 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises about 4.6% of Evensky & Katz LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Evensky & Katz LLC owned about 0.30% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $67,953,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 313.0% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,000 after purchasing an additional 3,781 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 15.6% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 43,506,691 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,553,410,000 after buying an additional 5,886,364 shares in the last quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 19.9% in the first quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 50,202 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,946,000 after buying an additional 8,336 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.6% in the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 348,761 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,469,000 after buying an additional 12,023 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the first quarter valued at $809,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.71 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $58.00 and a 1-year high of $59.13. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.55 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.52.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 1st were given a dividend of $0.2003 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.1%.

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.