Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Stake Raised by Salomon & Ludwin LLC

Salomon & Ludwin LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 4.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 403,889 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 18,158 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for about 2.1% of Salomon & Ludwin LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest holding. Salomon & Ludwin LLC owned 0.09% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $23,736,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% during the first 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 last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 6.7% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 94,261 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,541,000 after buying an additional 5,917 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $484,000. Glenview Trust co raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.8% during the second quarter. Glenview Trust co now owns 17,385 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,022,000 after buying an additional 4,486 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Main Street Financial Solutions LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 39.6% during the second quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 10,944 shares of the company’s stock valued at $643,000 after buying an additional 3,107 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.1%

VGSH opened at $58.50 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $58.60 and its 200-day moving average is $58.72. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $58.31 and a twelve month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

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

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. 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.