Patten & Patten Inc. TN Raises Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Patten & Patten Inc. TN boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 12.5% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 743,105 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 82,680 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises about 2.8% of Patten & Patten Inc. TN’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Patten & Patten Inc. TN’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $43,680,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 313.0% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,000 after purchasing an additional 3,781 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $809,000. Ritholtz Wealth Management raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 38.0% in the first quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 19,559 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,148,000 after acquiring an additional 5,388 shares during the period. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $275,000. Finally, Mission Wealth Management LP bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $226,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Down 0.0%

VGSH opened at $58.86 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $58.00 and a 1-year high of $58.98. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $58.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.63.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a $0.1897 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.9%.

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.