Hilton Capital Management LLC Sells 39,838 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Hilton Capital Management LLC trimmed its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 12.2% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 287,315 shares of the company’s stock after selling 39,838 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF comprises about 1.3% of Hilton Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Hilton Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $16,957,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% in the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 387 shares during the period. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter valued at about $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $45,000. Finally, Archer Investment Corp purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $48,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGSH opened at $58.26 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.33. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.46 and a 52 week high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a dividend of $0.214 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This represents a $2.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.41%.

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.