Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) Declares Dividend Increase – $0.93 Per Share

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.9333 per share on Monday, October 5th. This represents a $3.73 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 1st. This is a 37.2% increase from Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.6804.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF stock opened at $49.19 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $49.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is $49.92. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $49.12 and a 52 week high of $50.66.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 152.5% in the first quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC now owns 32,627 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,630,000 after acquiring an additional 19,704 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 74.6% during the 4th quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 23,371 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,171,000 after acquiring an additional 9,982 shares in the last quarter. Tidal Investments LLC increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 882.2% during the 2nd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 110,008 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,526,000 after purchasing an additional 98,808 shares during the period. Generations Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $2,940,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 22.1% in the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 10,366,837 shares of the company’s stock valued at $512,744,000 after purchasing an additional 1,877,940 shares in the last quarter.

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.