Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC Increases Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 38.0% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 12,483 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,435 shares during the quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $726,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VGSH. Orgel Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,410,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,121,000 after acquiring an additional 238,717 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,911,421 shares of the company’s stock worth $230,852,000 after buying an additional 65,105 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 32.7% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,440,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $200,183,000 after buying an additional 847,591 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 8.3% during the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 3,376,630 shares of the company’s stock valued at $199,289,000 after buying an additional 258,370 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Smithfield Trust Co raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 5.7% during the 3rd quarter. Smithfield Trust Co now owns 2,059,943 shares of the company’s stock valued at $121,569,000 after buying an additional 111,972 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.52 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $58.30 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.44. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.46 and a fifty-two week high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1873 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

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.