Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Raises Dividend to $0.19 Per Share

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) announced a monthly dividend on Monday, March 30th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.1855 per share on Monday, April 6th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st. This is a 9.4% increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH traded down $0.20 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $58.34. The stock had a trading volume of 3,428,364 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,170,848. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $58.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.75. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $58.31 and a twelve month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Company 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.