Savvy Advisors Inc. Raises Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Savvy Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 178.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 34,996 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 22,433 shares during the quarter. Savvy Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $2,055,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 25,550,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,503,653,000 after acquiring an additional 198,593 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 13.3% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,899,709 shares of the company’s stock worth $582,598,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162,540 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.9% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,089,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $476,046,000 after purchasing an additional 1,396,444 shares during the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,078,817 shares of the company’s stock worth $474,469,000 after purchasing an additional 553,478 shares during the last quarter. Finally, NorthRock Partners LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.0% during the third quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 4,390,569 shares of the company’s stock valued at $258,385,000 after purchasing an additional 287,250 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.39 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $58.31 and a one year high of $59.01. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $58.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.74.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be issued a $0.1855 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%.

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.