Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Acquired by M&T Bank Corp

M&T Bank Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 3.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 3,411,857 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 107,341 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $199,498,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Financial Plan Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $6,811,000. Edge Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 11.9% in the 4th quarter. Edge Financial Advisors LLC now owns 106,196 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,237,000 after purchasing an additional 11,324 shares during the last quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.7% in the fourth quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 403,889 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,736,000 after purchasing an additional 18,158 shares in the last quarter. Greystone Financial Group LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 19.6% during the 4th quarter. Greystone Financial Group LLC now owns 15,544 shares of the company’s stock worth $913,000 after buying an additional 2,543 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PFG Advisors grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 11.9% during the 4th quarter. PFG Advisors now owns 37,352 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,194,000 after buying an additional 3,963 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.50 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $58.60 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.72. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52-week low of $58.31 and a 52-week high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

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

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF 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.