Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Raises Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,467,932 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 16,138 shares during the quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. owned approximately 1.24% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $321,132,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. CENTRAL TRUST Co increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.3% in the 3rd quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 63,928 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,762,000 after purchasing an additional 16,328 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 518,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,486,000 after buying an additional 17,018 shares during the period. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,783,000 after buying an additional 50,635 shares during the period. GEN Financial Management INC. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.3% during the fourth quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. now owns 232,259 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,641,000 after buying an additional 39,193 shares during the period. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $2,702,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

VGSH opened at $58.04 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52-week low of $58.03 and a 52-week high of $59.01. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $58.35 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.60.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1845 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

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.