Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Sees Large Volume Increase – Here’s What Happened

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) saw an uptick in trading volume on Wednesday . 4,872,853 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 26% from the previous session’s volume of 3,862,454 shares.The stock last traded at $58.11 and had previously closed at $58.09.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.1%

The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $58.32 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.58.

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 issued a dividend of $0.1845 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,600,092,000 after buying an additional 18,721,366 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 648.9% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,233,994 shares of the company’s stock valued at $131,203,000 after buying an additional 1,935,700 shares during the last quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 221.9% during the 4th quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 2,786,774 shares of the company’s stock valued at $163,667,000 after buying an additional 1,921,017 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $513,571,000 after buying an additional 1,827,364 shares during the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 908.1% during the 4th quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 1,974,566 shares of the company’s stock valued at $115,966,000 after buying an additional 1,778,698 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 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.