Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Acquired by Focus Partners Wealth

Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 613.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,372,846 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,180,518 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth owned about 0.31% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $80,628,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,600,092,000 after acquiring an additional 18,721,366 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.6% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 23,769,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,395,992,000 after acquiring an additional 1,685,710 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 13.3% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,899,709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $582,598,000 after purchasing an additional 1,162,540 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.9% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,089,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $476,046,000 after purchasing an additional 1,396,444 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Orgel Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,078,817 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,469,000 after purchasing an additional 553,478 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

VGSH stock opened at $58.16 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $58.03 and a 1-year high of $59.01. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $58.32 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.58.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were given a dividend of $0.1845 per share. The ex-dividend date 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.