17,808 Shares in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Purchased by Greenspring Advisors LLC

Greenspring Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 17,808 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,046,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. CENTRAL TRUST Co boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.3% during the third quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 63,928 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,762,000 after buying an additional 16,328 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 518,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,486,000 after buying an additional 17,018 shares during the last quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,783,000 after buying an additional 50,635 shares during the last quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.3% during the fourth quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. now owns 232,259 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,641,000 after buying an additional 39,193 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $2,702,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.14 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $58.36 and a 200 day moving average of $58.61. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $58.08 and a 12 month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1845 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.