Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC Reduces Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC lessened its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 43.9% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 3,074 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,401 shares during the quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $179,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 16.4% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 56,270,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,241,196,000 after acquiring an additional 7,909,057 shares in the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,427,897 shares of the company’s stock valued at $374,939,000 after acquiring an additional 20,759 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 31.4% in the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,013,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $231,175,000 after acquiring an additional 959,378 shares in the last quarter. Money Design Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 10.3% in the fourth quarter. Money Design Co. Ltd. now owns 2,181,801 shares of the company’s stock valued at $127,264,000 after acquiring an additional 203,220 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.0% in the third quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 2,036,563 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,306,000 after acquiring an additional 20,973 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VGSH traded down $0.04 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $57.66. The company had a trading volume of 495,269 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,131,206. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $57.91 and a 200 day moving average price of $57.97. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.33 and a 52 week high of $58.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a dividend of $0.2019 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 1st. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.20%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF 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.