Scratch Capital LLC Acquires 9,098 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Scratch Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 3.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 278,952 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,098 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for 10.7% of Scratch Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Scratch Capital LLC owned 0.06% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $16,383,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.8% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 25,550,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,503,653,000 after buying an additional 198,593 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 13.3% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,899,709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $582,598,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162,540 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.9% during the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,089,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $476,046,000 after acquiring an additional 1,396,444 shares during the period. Orgel Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% during the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,078,817 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,469,000 after acquiring an additional 553,478 shares during the period. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 18.5% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,751,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $338,073,000 after purchasing an additional 898,635 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.42 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.32 and a 52 week high of $59.01. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.71 and its 200 day moving average is $58.76.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a $0.1696 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd.

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.