Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Stake Boosted by Compass Planning Associates Inc

Compass Planning Associates Inc grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 214.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 236,623 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 161,399 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for 9.6% of Compass Planning Associates Inc’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. Compass Planning Associates Inc owned 0.05% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $13,897,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VGSH. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 164.2% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,950,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $173,423,000 after acquiring an additional 1,833,531 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $513,571,000 after acquiring an additional 1,827,364 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.9% during the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,089,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $476,046,000 after acquiring an additional 1,396,444 shares in the last quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1,216.3% during the 3rd quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 1,143,299 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,283,000 after acquiring an additional 1,056,439 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Penserra Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 250.8% during the 3rd quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 1,266,655 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,542,000 after acquiring an additional 905,529 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.42 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.73. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $58.31 and a 12 month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

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

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

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.