Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Stock Holdings Boosted by Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC

Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 5.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 228,066 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,463 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises approximately 3.9% of Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.05% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $13,394,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,539,000 after acquiring an additional 8,460 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 10.3% during the second quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 15,193 shares of the company’s stock valued at $893,000 after purchasing an additional 1,413 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.1% in the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 489,057 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,747,000 after purchasing an additional 32,523 shares during the period. Titleist Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 22.9% in the second quarter. Titleist Asset Management LLC now owns 85,042 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,999,000 after purchasing an additional 15,864 shares during the period. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.3% during the second quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,205,763 shares of the company’s stock worth $70,875,000 after purchasing an additional 50,135 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

VGSH opened at $58.38 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $58.32 and a twelve month high of $59.01. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $58.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.77.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.1696 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.5%.

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.