Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – Time to Buy?

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) saw unusually-strong trading volume on Tuesday . Approximately 9,171,905 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 267% from the previous session’s volume of 2,501,728 shares.The stock last traded at $58.28 and had previously closed at $58.28.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

The business has a fifty day moving average of $58.35 and a 200-day moving average of $58.40.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a $0.214 dividend. 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.41%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% during the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the period. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Finally, S.A. Mason LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% during the third quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF

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.