83,129 Shares in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Bought by MCF Advisors LLC

MCF Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm bought 83,129 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,882,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VGSH. Modern Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% during the second quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,000 after purchasing an additional 173 shares during the last quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 7,539 shares of the company’s stock valued at $444,000 after purchasing an additional 181 shares during the last quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 4,004 shares of the company’s stock valued at $235,000 after purchasing an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Webster Bank N. A. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 10.1% during the fourth quarter. Webster Bank N. A. now owns 2,015 shares of the company’s stock valued at $118,000 after purchasing an additional 185 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Topsail Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 11.9% during the fourth quarter. Topsail Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,759 shares of the company’s stock valued at $103,000 after purchasing an additional 187 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.04 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $58.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $58.60. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.03 and a 12-month 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 issued a $0.1845 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

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.