Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF $VTIP Shares Sold by Apella Capital LLC

Apella Capital LLC reduced its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) by 5.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 343,369 shares of the company’s stock after selling 19,504 shares during the quarter. Apella Capital LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF were worth $16,640,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VTIP. Valmark Advisers Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 5.3% during the 1st quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 7,073,953 shares of the company’s stock worth $353,344,000 after purchasing an additional 357,681 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 39.4% in the 4th quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 6,908,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $341,676,000 after buying an additional 1,950,826 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 5.1% during the 1st quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 4,890,809 shares of the company’s stock worth $244,296,000 after purchasing an additional 237,357 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 33.6% in the first quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 4,855,031 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,509,000 after acquiring an additional 1,221,608 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 0.5% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,345,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $218,279,000 after purchasing an additional 20,953 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF stock traded up $0.04 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $48.51. 1,275,441 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,703,074. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a 12 month low of $48.28 and a 12 month high of $50.48. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $49.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $49.86.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were issued a $0.9333 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $3.73 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.7%. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.6804.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF 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.