First Bancorp Inc ME Has $1.41 Million Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

First Bancorp Inc ME raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 75.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 23,992 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,317 shares during the period. First Bancorp Inc ME’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $1,412,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,539,000 after acquiring an additional 8,460 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 153.0% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 49,992 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,934,000 after acquiring an additional 30,235 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 5,559,577 shares of the company’s stock valued at $326,292,000 after purchasing an additional 295,027 shares during the last quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 41.3% in the first quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 16,028 shares of the company’s stock valued at $941,000 after purchasing an additional 4,686 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ascent Group LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 35.5% during the 1st quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 4,892 shares of the company’s stock worth $287,000 after purchasing an additional 1,281 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.78 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.06 and a 12-month high of $58.98. The business’s 50 day moving average is $58.76 and its 200-day moving average is $58.73.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 1st were paid a $0.1854 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a 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.