BDFS Capital LLC Takes Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

BDFS Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 44,276 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,600,000. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for about 1.3% of BDFS Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 13th largest holding.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,600,092,000 after acquiring an additional 18,721,366 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 648.9% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,233,994 shares of the company’s stock valued at $131,203,000 after acquiring an additional 1,935,700 shares during the last quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 221.9% during the 4th quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 2,786,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $163,667,000 after purchasing an additional 1,921,017 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $513,571,000 after purchasing an additional 1,827,364 shares during the period. Finally, NewEdge Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 908.1% during the 4th quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 1,974,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,966,000 after purchasing an additional 1,778,698 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

VGSH stock opened at $58.12 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52-week low of $58.03 and a 52-week high of $59.01. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.30 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.55.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.