Empowered Funds LLC Has $12.74 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Empowered Funds LLC reduced its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 13.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 218,292 shares of the company’s stock after selling 32,530 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $12,738,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. M&T Bank Corp grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,389,876 shares of the company’s stock valued at $199,088,000 after purchasing an additional 85,360 shares during the period. Presilium Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 6.4% in the first quarter. Presilium Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,009,460 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,094,000 after buying an additional 60,308 shares in the last quarter. Mayport LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 15.9% during the fourth quarter. Mayport LLC now owns 1,093,032 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,194,000 after buying an additional 149,994 shares during the last quarter. Octavia Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.3% during the fourth quarter. Octavia Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 163,574 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,607,000 after acquiring an additional 11,109 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Walser Wealth Management Company A Ltd Liability Co acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $547,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.12 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.96 and a fifty-two week high of $59.01. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $58.12 and its 200 day simple moving average is $58.42.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a dividend of $0.1779 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

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.