Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Raises Dividend to $0.19 Per Share

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, January 27th. Investors of record on Monday, November 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.1889 per share on Wednesday, November 4th. This represents a $2.27 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 2nd. This is a 3.5% increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.1825.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $57.93 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $57.73 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.22. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.38 and a fifty-two week high of $59.01.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bangor Savings Bank purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the third quarter worth about $26,000. Signaturefd LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at about $29,000. Continuum Advisory LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the second quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 50.8% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 570 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 192 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Company 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.