Park Avenue Securities LLC Raises Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Park Avenue Securities LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 11.1% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 417,092 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 41,669 shares during the period. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $24,545,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Security Financial Services INC. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.6% during the second quarter. Security Financial Services INC. now owns 28,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,672,000 after purchasing an additional 172 shares in the last quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,118 shares of the company’s stock worth $242,000 after purchasing an additional 173 shares during the period. Aspiriant LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. Aspiriant LLC now owns 15,888 shares of the company’s stock valued at $934,000 after buying an additional 174 shares in the last quarter. Optivise Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.2% during the second quarter. Optivise Advisory Services LLC now owns 16,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $951,000 after buying an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Red Tortoise LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.8% during the second quarter. Red Tortoise LLC now owns 22,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,315,000 after buying an additional 186 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.78 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $58.76 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.73. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.06 and a fifty-two week high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 1st were issued a dividend of $0.1854 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 1st.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.