Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC Sells 9,704 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 4.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 209,600 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,704 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises approximately 0.9% of Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest holding. Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $12,310,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Modern Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% during the 2nd quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,118 shares of the company’s stock worth $242,000 after buying an additional 173 shares during the period. Ethos Financial Group LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 10,816 shares of the company’s stock worth $637,000 after buying an additional 175 shares during the period. Essex Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 7,539 shares of the company’s stock worth $444,000 after buying an additional 181 shares during the period. IMPACTfolio LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.8% during the 4th quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 4,004 shares of the company’s stock worth $235,000 after buying an additional 184 shares during the period. Finally, Essential Planning LLC. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 7,712 shares of the company’s stock worth $453,000 after buying an additional 187 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.43 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $58.65 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.73. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.31 and a fifty-two week high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.1855 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17.

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.