Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF $VTIP Shares Acquired by True Link Financial Advisors LLC

True Link Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) by 2.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,563,812 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 38,166 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF makes up approximately 4.4% of True Link Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th largest holding. True Link Financial Advisors LLC owned 0.37% of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF worth $76,971,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Valmark Advisers Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 5.3% in the 1st quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 7,073,953 shares of the company’s stock valued at $353,344,000 after purchasing an additional 357,681 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 5.1% in the first quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 4,890,809 shares of the company’s stock valued at $244,296,000 after buying an additional 237,357 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 33.6% in the first quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 4,855,031 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,509,000 after buying an additional 1,221,608 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 0.5% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,345,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $218,279,000 after buying an additional 20,953 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 2.7% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,797,614 shares of the company’s stock valued at $189,691,000 after buying an additional 100,783 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTIP opened at $48.86 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $49.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is $49.74. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $48.28 and a 1 year high of $50.48.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were paid a $0.9333 dividend. This represents a $3.73 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.6804.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Profile

The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (VTIP) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with less than 5 years remaining to maturity. VTIP was launched on Oct 12, 2012 and is managed by Vanguard.