Wedmont Private Capital Grows Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Wedmont Private Capital increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 86.6% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 33,365 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 15,485 shares during the quarter. Wedmont Private Capital’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $1,951,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 163.7% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 37,620,327 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,188,751,000 after purchasing an additional 23,351,829 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $258,750,000. NorthRock Partners LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 241.3% in the fourth quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 3,611,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $210,136,000 after purchasing an additional 2,553,554 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $135,320,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 32.7% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,440,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $200,183,000 after purchasing an additional 847,591 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.32 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52-week low of $57.70 and a 52-week high of $59.13. The business’s 50 day moving average is $58.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.41.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 2nd were given a $0.2046 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 2nd. This represents a $2.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.21%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

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.