Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC Buys 11,463 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 5.3% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 228,066 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,463 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for 3.9% of Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest position. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $13,394,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.8% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 25,550,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,503,653,000 after acquiring an additional 198,593 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 13.3% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,899,709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $582,598,000 after purchasing an additional 1,162,540 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.9% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,089,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $476,046,000 after purchasing an additional 1,396,444 shares during the period. Orgel Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,078,817 shares of the company’s stock worth $474,469,000 after purchasing an additional 553,478 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 18.5% during the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,751,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $338,073,000 after buying an additional 898,635 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.38 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $58.32 and a twelve month high of $59.01. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.77.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.