Oakworth Capital Inc. Makes New $133,000 Investment in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Oakworth Capital Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 2,287 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $133,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VGSH. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1,493.3% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 78,740 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,666,000 after purchasing an additional 73,798 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 27.7% during the first quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 11,747 shares of the company’s stock valued at $696,000 after buying an additional 2,547 shares in the last quarter. Synovus Financial Corp bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the first quarter valued at about $943,000. Blair William & Co. IL boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 85.7% during the first quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 15,856 shares of the company’s stock valued at $940,000 after buying an additional 7,319 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Zions Bancorporation N.A. bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the first quarter valued at about $153,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $57.71 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $57.95 and a 200 day simple moving average of $57.96. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.33 and a fifty-two week high of $58.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.2019 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.20%. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.