Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 7.2% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 219,304 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,692 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF makes up 1.0% of Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC owned approximately 0.06% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $12,906,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,539,000 after buying an additional 8,460 shares in the last quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 10,963 shares of the company’s stock worth $644,000 after acquiring an additional 451 shares during the last quarter. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 15.9% during the 2nd quarter. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,224 shares of the company’s stock worth $307,000 after acquiring an additional 717 shares in the last quarter. AMI Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 14.9% during the 2nd quarter. AMI Investment Management Inc. now owns 803,024 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,202,000 after acquiring an additional 103,867 shares during the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 91.9% during the 2nd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 26,575 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,562,000 after acquiring an additional 12,728 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGSH opened at $58.77 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $58.74 and its 200 day moving average is $58.76. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.09 and a fifty-two week high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1854 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 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.