Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Acquired by Beacon Bank & Trust

Beacon Bank & Trust boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 633,681 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,037 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF makes up about 7.1% of Beacon Bank & Trust’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Beacon Bank & Trust’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $36,880,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. UMB Bank n.a. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. First Pacific Financial acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $28,000. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 990.9% in the 3rd quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 480 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 436 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cresta Advisors Ltd. bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $29,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.07 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $58.09 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.39. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $57.95 and a 12 month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a $0.1823 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 3rd.

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.