Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Sold by SMART Wealth LLC

SMART Wealth LLC reduced its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 25.3% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 36,285 shares of the company’s stock after selling 12,282 shares during the quarter. SMART Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $2,124,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. 626 Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $565,000. Master S Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.4% in the 1st quarter. Master S Wealth Management Inc. now owns 475,156 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,816,000 after purchasing an additional 24,547 shares during the period. Capital Investment Counsel LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Capital Investment Counsel LLC now owns 71,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,200,000 after purchasing an additional 761 shares during the period. Simmons Bank purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the first quarter worth $216,000. Finally, North Star Investment Management Corp. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 8.0% during the first quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 7,463 shares of the company’s stock worth $437,000 after buying an additional 554 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

VGSH stock opened at $58.20 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $58.25 and its 200 day moving average is $58.52. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $58.03 and a one year 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. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1845 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 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.