Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Has $59.53 Million Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 3.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,012,783 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 32,651 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises approximately 1.3% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s portfolio, making the stock its 18th biggest position. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned about 0.26% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $59,531,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. HFM Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $29,000. WFA Asset Management Corp purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $36,000. Finally, CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $45,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

VGSH opened at $58.72 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $58.73 and its 200 day moving average is $58.62. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.00 and a fifty-two week high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st will be paid a $0.1897 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 1st.

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.