First Bancorp Inc ME Invests $1.75 Million in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

First Bancorp Inc ME purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund purchased 30,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,747,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake 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 during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.6% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 23,769,661 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,395,992,000 after purchasing an additional 1,685,710 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 10.8% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 11,529,094 shares of the company’s stock worth $674,913,000 after purchasing an additional 1,124,185 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,425,375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $494,822,000 after purchasing an additional 336,233 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 5,467,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $321,132,000 after purchasing an additional 16,138 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.20 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $57.95 and a 1-year high of $59.01. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $58.09 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.34.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.1823 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd.

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.