Vertex Planning Partners LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Vertex Planning Partners LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 10.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 11,164 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,025 shares during the quarter. Vertex Planning Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $659,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 558.0% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,302,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,654,000 after purchasing an additional 1,104,815 shares during the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 19,321.3% in the 3rd quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 1,058,266 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,459,000 after purchasing an additional 1,052,817 shares in the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1,206.6% in the 3rd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 979,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,781,000 after buying an additional 904,076 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 234.4% in the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,145,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,433,000 after buying an additional 802,973 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2,126.2% in the third quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 771,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,516,000 after acquiring an additional 736,550 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.25 on Tuesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.46 and a 1 year high of $59.13. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $58.64 and a 200-day moving average price of $58.32.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.214 dividend. This is an increase 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 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.