Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Plans Dividend of $0.18 (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) announced a dividend on Monday, June 29th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be given a dividend of 0.1779 per share on Monday, July 6th. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGSH stock traded down $0.18 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $58.02. 6,191,949 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,875,069. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $58.24 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.52. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.00 and a 12-month high of $59.01.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,783,000 after acquiring an additional 50,635 shares during the period. Presilium Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 6.4% in the first quarter. Presilium Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,009,460 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,094,000 after purchasing an additional 60,308 shares during the last quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.3% during the fourth quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. now owns 232,259 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,641,000 after purchasing an additional 39,193 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,389,876 shares of the company’s stock valued at $199,088,000 after purchasing an additional 85,360 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $2,702,000.

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.