Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Purchased by Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC

Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 38.4% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 32,045 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,897 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises about 0.2% of Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest holding. Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $1,882,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,783,000 after purchasing an additional 50,635 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 518,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,486,000 after buying an additional 17,018 shares during the period. GEN Financial Management INC. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.3% in the 4th quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. now owns 232,259 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,641,000 after buying an additional 39,193 shares during the period. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $2,702,000. Finally, American Money Management LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. American Money Management LLC now owns 629,869 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,068,000 after buying an additional 20,337 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.05 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.03 and a 52 week high of $59.01. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $58.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.56.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were given a $0.1845 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st.

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.