Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH is Five Oceans Advisors’ Largest Position

Five Oceans Advisors increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 20.0% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 546,103 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 91,002 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises 11.8% of Five Oceans Advisors’ portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Five Oceans Advisors owned 0.14% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $32,138,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. Security Financial Services INC. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Security Financial Services INC. now owns 28,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,672,000 after acquiring an additional 172 shares during the period. Modern Wealth Management LLC increased 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 valued at $242,000 after purchasing an additional 173 shares in the last quarter. Aspiriant LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.1% during the second quarter. Aspiriant LLC now owns 15,888 shares of the company’s stock worth $934,000 after purchasing an additional 174 shares during the last quarter. Optivise Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in 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 worth $951,000 after purchasing an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Red Tortoise LLC boosted its position in 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 worth $1,315,000 after purchasing an additional 186 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.75 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.06 and a fifty-two week high of $58.98. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.77 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.72.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.