3,766 Shares in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Bought by Swmg LLC

Swmg LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund purchased 3,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $219,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 12.2% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 236,069 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,709,000 after purchasing an additional 25,690 shares during the last quarter. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.6% in the second quarter. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,898 shares of the company’s stock worth $400,000 after purchasing an additional 304 shares during the period. Csenge Advisory Group grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 23.4% during the second quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 8,934 shares of the company’s stock valued at $518,000 after buying an additional 1,694 shares during the last quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 7.0% during the second quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 1,030,542 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,761,000 after buying an additional 67,657 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.9% during the second quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 610,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,382,000 after purchasing an additional 39,635 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.30 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $58.45 and its 200-day moving average is $58.37. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12-month low of $57.46 and a 12-month high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.214 per share. 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 of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.