ST Germain D J Co. Inc. Sells 90,736 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

ST Germain D J Co. Inc. cut its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 42.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 123,354 shares of the company’s stock after selling 90,736 shares during the period. ST Germain D J Co. Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $7,163,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 16.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 56,270,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,241,196,000 after buying an additional 7,909,057 shares in the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,427,897 shares of the company’s stock worth $374,939,000 after purchasing an additional 20,759 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 8.0% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 6,233,606 shares of the company’s stock valued at $363,606,000 after purchasing an additional 459,753 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.8% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,287,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $250,074,000 after buying an additional 273,778 shares in the last quarter. Finally, M&T Bank Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.8% in the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,941,299 shares of the company’s stock worth $229,895,000 after acquiring an additional 251,065 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGSH stock traded up $0.08 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $57.98. 1,173,797 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,608,484. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $57.75 and its 200-day moving average is $58.00. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.33 and a 52 week high of $58.57.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 3rd were paid a $0.206 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 3rd. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $2.47 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.26%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF 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.