Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Sets New 1-Year Low – Should You Sell?

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $57.96 and last traded at $57.96, with a volume of 2091 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $58.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.1%

The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.13 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.44.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a $0.1779 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. HighMark Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. First Pacific Financial bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the first quarter worth about $28,000. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 990.9% in the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 480 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 436 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, Cresta Advisors Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $29,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Company 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.