Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Purchased by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 4.8% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 1,994,135 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 91,429 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $117,355,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. Bangor Savings Bank bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Stephens Consulting LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 146.1% during the 3rd quarter. Stephens Consulting LLC now owns 561 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 333 shares during the last quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the third quarter valued at about $46,000. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the second quarter valued at about $50,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.89 on Monday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $58.75 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.77. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $58.22 and a 12 month high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1854 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%.

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.