Blue Trust Inc. Has $101.63 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 15.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,736,049 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 235,199 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises approximately 1.2% of Blue Trust Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 18th biggest holding. Blue Trust Inc. owned about 0.35% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $101,628,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. Apella Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 21.7% during the 1st quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 271,647 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,913,000 after buying an additional 48,473 shares during the last quarter. Faithward Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 9.0% in the first quarter. Faithward Advisors LLC now owns 5,677 shares of the company’s stock worth $332,000 after buying an additional 471 shares during the last quarter. Brave Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.5% in the first quarter. Brave Asset Management Inc. now owns 7,564 shares of the company’s stock worth $443,000 after buying an additional 182 shares during the last quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 38.4% during the first quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 97,232 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,692,000 after acquiring an additional 26,973 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Presilium Private Wealth LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 6.4% during the first quarter. Presilium Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,009,460 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,094,000 after acquiring an additional 60,308 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.1%

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.18 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $58.28 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.54. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.03 and a 12-month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.