Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Sets New 12-Month Low – Time to Sell?

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)’s share price reached a new 52-week low on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $58.31 and last traded at $58.33, with a volume of 2124786 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $58.32.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.74.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.1855 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VGSH. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,539,000 after buying an additional 8,460 shares during the period. XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $224,000. L2 Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $590,000. Sentinus LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 11.8% in the 2nd quarter. Sentinus LLC now owns 13,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $793,000 after purchasing an additional 1,428 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sagard Holdings Management Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $3,450,000.

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.