Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Purchased by Welch Group LLC

Welch Group LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 45.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 54,347 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 16,871 shares during the quarter. Welch Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $3,198,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. HFM Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the first quarter valued at about $27,000. Berkshire Money Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $36,000. Hollencrest Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $45,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.66 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $58.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.71. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.00 and a 1 year high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1854 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 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.