Cerity Partners LLC Increases Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Cerity Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 7.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,961,733 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 283,748 shares during the quarter. Cerity Partners LLC owned 1.01% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $233,148,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,539,000 after purchasing an additional 8,460 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 82.5% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 88,344 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,185,000 after acquiring an additional 39,927 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 153.0% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 49,992 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,934,000 after acquiring an additional 30,235 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 5,559,577 shares of the company’s stock valued at $326,292,000 after acquiring an additional 295,027 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arete Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 41.3% in the first quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 16,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $941,000 after acquiring an additional 4,686 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

VGSH opened at $58.78 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $58.76 and a 200-day moving average price of $58.73. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $58.06 and a twelve month high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.