Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) Raises Dividend to $0.68 Per Share

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 29th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.6804 per share on Monday, July 6th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.5%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 1st. This is a 2,897.4% increase from Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.02.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTIP traded down $0.71 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $49.52. 4,830,362 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,639,400. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $49.35 and a 52 week high of $50.81. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $50.29 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $49.95.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (VTIP) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with less than 5 years remaining to maturity. VTIP was launched on Oct 12, 2012 and is managed by Vanguard.