Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Bought by Capital Investment Services of America Inc.

Capital Investment Services of America Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 19.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 263,512 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 42,851 shares during the period. Capital Investment Services of America Inc. owned approximately 0.07% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $15,508,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,539,000 after purchasing an additional 8,460 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 12.1% in the second quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 1,112,186 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,374,000 after buying an additional 120,222 shares in the last quarter. PFG Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 9.7% during the 2nd quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 26,066 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,532,000 after buying an additional 2,308 shares during the last quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 277.4% during the 2nd quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 4,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $239,000 after buying an additional 2,985 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.7% in the 2nd quarter. Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC now owns 52,505 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,086,000 after buying an additional 1,864 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.82 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $58.76 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.75. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.09 and a 52 week high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.1854 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 2nd.

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.