First Command Advisory Services Inc. Raises Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

First Command Advisory Services Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 2.4% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,125,904 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 26,442 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF makes up approximately 0.5% of First Command Advisory Services Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. First Command Advisory Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $66,124,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. CENTRAL TRUST Co raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.3% during the 3rd quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 63,928 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,762,000 after purchasing an additional 16,328 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 518,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,486,000 after purchasing an additional 17,018 shares during the period. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,783,000 after purchasing an additional 50,635 shares during the period. GEN Financial Management INC. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.3% during the 4th quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. now owns 232,259 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,641,000 after purchasing an additional 39,193 shares during the period. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $2,702,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.04 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $58.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.60. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.03 and a 12-month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1845 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st.

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.