Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Sets New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)’s share price reached a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as $58.98 and last traded at $58.9750, with a volume of 618301 shares. The stock had previously closed at $58.92.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.1%

The company has a 50 day moving average of $58.78 and a 200-day moving average of $58.78.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.1854 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,539,000 after purchasing an additional 8,460 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 85,328.5% in the second quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 350,257 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,588,000 after buying an additional 349,847 shares during the period. Retirement Systems of Alabama purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the second quarter worth about $6,974,000. Savvy Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $662,000. Finally, Atria Investments Inc grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 36.4% during the 2nd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 20,187 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,187,000 after acquiring an additional 5,384 shares during the period.

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.