Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Purchased by Quadrant Capital Group LLC

Quadrant Capital Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 12.6% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 142,867 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,995 shares during the quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $8,408,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 164.2% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,950,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $173,423,000 after purchasing an additional 1,833,531 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in 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. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 41,691.1% during the 2nd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 1,453,077 shares of the company’s stock worth $85,412,000 after purchasing an additional 1,449,600 shares during the period. Retirement Planning Group LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1,216.3% in the 3rd quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 1,143,299 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,283,000 after purchasing an additional 1,056,439 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Penserra Capital Management LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 250.8% in the 3rd quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 1,266,655 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,542,000 after purchasing an additional 905,529 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.66 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.77 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.79. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $58.32 and a one year high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a $0.1696 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.5%.

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.