Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Reaches New 12-Month Low – Should You Sell?

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $57.88 and last traded at $57.88, with a volume of 6692 shares. The stock had previously closed at $58.06.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $58.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.32.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd were given a $0.1823 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 3rd. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,600,092,000 after buying an additional 18,721,366 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 648.9% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,233,994 shares of the company’s stock valued at $131,203,000 after buying an additional 1,935,700 shares in the last quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 221.9% during the 4th quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 2,786,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $163,667,000 after acquiring an additional 1,921,017 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $513,571,000 after acquiring an additional 1,827,364 shares during the period. Finally, NewEdge Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 908.1% during the 4th quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 1,974,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,966,000 after acquiring an additional 1,778,698 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.