Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) to Issue Monthly Dividend of $0.19

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, December 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 18th will be given a dividend of 0.1903 per share on Monday, December 22nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 18th. This is a 2.6% increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.19.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Down 0.3%

VGSH stock traded down $0.15 during trading on Thursday, hitting $58.69. The stock had a trading volume of 2,426,165 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,966,802. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $58.00 and a twelve month high of $58.98. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $58.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.70.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Security Financial Services INC. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. Security Financial Services INC. now owns 28,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,672,000 after purchasing an additional 172 shares in the last quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% in the second quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,000 after buying an additional 173 shares during the last quarter. Aspiriant LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.1% in the second quarter. Aspiriant LLC now owns 15,888 shares of the company’s stock valued at $934,000 after buying an additional 174 shares during the last quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.6% in the third quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 10,816 shares of the company’s stock worth $637,000 after buying an additional 175 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Essex Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 7,539 shares of the company’s stock worth $444,000 after buying an additional 181 shares in the last quarter.

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.