Whitcomb & Hess Inc. Raises Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Whitcomb & Hess Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 11.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 262,238 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 26,952 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for about 3.6% of Whitcomb & Hess Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest holding. Whitcomb & Hess Inc. owned about 0.06% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $15,409,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VGSH. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 164.2% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,950,380 shares of the company’s stock worth $173,423,000 after buying an additional 1,833,531 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $513,571,000 after buying an additional 1,827,364 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.9% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,089,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $476,046,000 after buying an additional 1,396,444 shares during the last quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1,216.3% in the third quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 1,143,299 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,283,000 after buying an additional 1,056,439 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Penserra Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 250.8% during the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 1,266,655 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,542,000 after acquiring an additional 905,529 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGSH opened at $58.41 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $58.70 and a 200-day moving average of $58.76. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.31 and a 1 year high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.1696 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 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.