Freedom Investment Management Inc. Grows Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Freedom Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 119,101 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,749 shares during the period. Freedom Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $7,029,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% during the 2nd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter worth $45,000. Finally, S.A. Mason LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% during the third quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 220 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

VGSH stock opened at $58.31 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.54 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.35. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a twelve month low of $57.46 and a twelve month high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were given a $0.214 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $2.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.40%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.