Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Stock Position Increased by Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc.

Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 5.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 949,820 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 50,635 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF makes up 13.0% of Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. owned 0.22% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $55,783,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.8% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 25,550,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,503,653,000 after purchasing an additional 198,593 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 13.3% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,899,709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $582,598,000 after buying an additional 1,162,540 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in 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 buying an additional 1,396,444 shares during the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% during the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,078,817 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,469,000 after buying an additional 553,478 shares during the period. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 18.5% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,751,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $338,073,000 after buying an additional 898,635 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

VGSH stock opened at $58.41 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.31 and a 1 year high of $59.01. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $58.70 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.76.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a $0.1696 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.5%.

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.