Western Wealth Management LLC Takes $254,000 Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 4,357 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $254,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. HighTower Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 10.3% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,533,565 shares of the company’s stock worth $88,344,000 after acquiring an additional 143,800 shares during the last quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 70.7% in the third quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 246,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,224,000 after acquiring an additional 102,215 shares during the last quarter. Frontier Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 76.4% in the third quarter. Frontier Asset Management LLC now owns 35,608 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,051,000 after acquiring an additional 15,425 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Point Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. Strategic Point Investment Advisors LLC now owns 89,278 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,142,000 after acquiring an additional 363 shares during the last quarter. Finally, DB Fitzpatrick & Co Inc grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 502.9% in the third quarter. DB Fitzpatrick & Co Inc now owns 29,031 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,672,000 after acquiring an additional 24,216 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $57.68 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $57.92 and its 200-day simple moving average is $57.97. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.33 and a 1 year high of $58.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were paid a $0.2019 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.20%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.