Birchcreek Wealth Management LLC Lowers Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Birchcreek Wealth Management LLC cut its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 71.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 8,972 shares of the company’s stock after selling 22,288 shares during the quarter. Birchcreek Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $529,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $362,000. Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 11.5% during the first quarter. Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC now owns 6,915 shares of the company’s stock worth $402,000 after purchasing an additional 715 shares during the last quarter. ARK & TLK Investments LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 15.6% during the first quarter. ARK & TLK Investments LLC now owns 161,226 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,362,000 after purchasing an additional 21,814 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 12.2% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 236,069 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,709,000 after buying an additional 25,690 shares during the period. Finally, Continental Investors Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 68.6% in the first quarter. Continental Investors Services Inc. now owns 6,496 shares of the company’s stock valued at $375,000 after purchasing an additional 2,642 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH remained flat at $58.15 during trading on Friday. The stock had a trading volume of 69,460 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,497,016. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $58.67 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.31. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1-year low of $57.46 and a 1-year high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.214 per share. This represents a $2.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20.

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.