Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Position Lifted by Five Oceans Advisors

Five Oceans Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 20.0% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 546,103 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 91,002 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for about 11.8% of Five Oceans Advisors’ investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Five Oceans Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $32,138,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $513,571,000 after buying an additional 1,827,364 shares during the period. Orgel Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,525,339 shares of the company’s stock valued at $442,866,000 after acquiring an additional 224,518 shares during the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 18.5% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,751,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $338,073,000 after acquiring an additional 898,635 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 5,559,577 shares of the company’s stock worth $326,292,000 after acquiring an additional 295,027 shares during the period. Finally, SCS Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.5% in the first quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC now owns 4,350,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $255,326,000 after acquiring an additional 146,822 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.75 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.06 and a 1 year high of $58.98. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $58.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.72.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF 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.