Schmidt P J Investment Management Inc. Cuts Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Schmidt P J Investment Management Inc. decreased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 27.5% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 8,308 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,154 shares during the quarter. Schmidt P J Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $490,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Wedmont Private Capital increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.1% during the third quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 17,110 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,001,000 after acquiring an additional 179 shares during the period. Easterly Investment Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.4% during the second quarter. Easterly Investment Partners LLC now owns 5,514 shares of the company’s stock worth $320,000 after acquiring an additional 180 shares during the period. Ridgewood Investments LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.4% during the third quarter. Ridgewood Investments LLC now owns 51,327 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,029,000 after acquiring an additional 188 shares during the period. Great Waters Wealth Management increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.9% during the third quarter. Great Waters Wealth Management now owns 23,226 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,371,000 after acquiring an additional 198 shares during the period. Finally, Valley Wealth Managers Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.9% during the second quarter. Valley Wealth Managers Inc. now owns 10,996 shares of the company’s stock worth $638,000 after purchasing an additional 203 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.0 %

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.51 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $58.78 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.24. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12 month low of $57.44 and a 12 month high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 1st were paid a dividend of $0.202 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $2.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.14%.

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.