Montecito Bank & Trust Grows Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Montecito Bank & Trust lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 14.7% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 226,806 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 29,132 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF accounts for about 2.3% of Montecito Bank & Trust’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Montecito Bank & Trust’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $13,196,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% in the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter worth $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $45,000. S.A. Mason LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% in the third quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Archer Investment Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $48,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.27 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $58.22 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.45. 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 business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.2006 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18.

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.