Heck Capital Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Heck Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 682.2% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 73,085 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 63,741 shares during the period. Heck Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $4,292,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of 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 valued at $1,503,653,000 after purchasing an additional 198,593 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake 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 worth $582,598,000 after buying an additional 1,162,540 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.9% in the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,089,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $476,046,000 after buying an additional 1,396,444 shares during the period. Orgel Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 553,478 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in 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 valued at $338,073,000 after buying an additional 898,635 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.39 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $58.68 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.75. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.31 and a 1 year high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.1855 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 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.