Colony Family Offices LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Colony Family Offices LLC lessened its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 13.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 98,064 shares of the company’s stock after selling 15,488 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for about 1.5% of Colony Family Offices LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Colony Family Offices LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $5,771,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of VGSH. Valmark Advisers Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.0% during the third quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 1,311,756 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,197,000 after acquiring an additional 38,171 shares during the period. Chandler Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Chandler Asset Management Inc. now owns 37,995 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,236,000 after purchasing an additional 680 shares during the period. Oak Family Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 9.0% in the 3rd quarter. Oak Family Advisors LLC now owns 46,884 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,759,000 after purchasing an additional 3,862 shares in the last quarter. Steinberganna Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at about $276,000. Finally, Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 43.0% during the third quarter. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC now owns 29,235 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,721,000 after buying an additional 8,798 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.74 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $58.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.73. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.06 and a 12-month high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.