Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Raises Dividend to $0.19 Per Share

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, January 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.1889 per share on Wednesday, November 4th. This represents a $2.27 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 2nd. This is a 3.5% increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.1825.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGSH opened at $57.93 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $57.38 and a 52 week high of $59.01. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $57.73 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.22.

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.