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

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) shares saw unusually-strong trading volume on Monday . Approximately 4,067,302 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 11% from the previous session’s volume of 3,667,582 shares.The stock last traded at $58.7350 and had previously closed at $59.00.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Down 0.5%

The stock has a fifty day moving average of $58.78 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.79.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be issued a $0.1696 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Sankala Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $274,000. Amicus Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $685,000. Clearwave Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth $398,000. Oak Grove Capital LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 177.5% during the fourth quarter. Oak Grove Capital LLC now owns 97,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,720,000 after acquiring an additional 62,300 shares during the period. Finally, BDFS Capital LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,600,000.

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.