AMG National Trust Bank Makes New $917,000 Investment in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

AMG National Trust Bank bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 15,670 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $917,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,783,000 after purchasing an additional 50,635 shares in the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,389,876 shares of the company’s stock worth $199,088,000 after buying an additional 85,360 shares in the last quarter. Presilium Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 6.4% in the first quarter. Presilium Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,009,460 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,094,000 after buying an additional 60,308 shares in the last quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. grew its holdings 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 last quarter. Finally, Mayport LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 15.9% during the fourth quarter. Mayport LLC now owns 1,093,032 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,194,000 after buying an additional 149,994 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGSH opened at $58.12 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $58.16 and a 200 day moving average of $58.47. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $57.98 and a twelve month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a $0.1779 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

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.