Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Grows Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 5.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,106,747 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 59,105 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for 1.2% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned 0.25% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $64,999,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 164.2% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,950,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $173,423,000 after purchasing an additional 1,833,531 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $513,571,000 after buying an additional 1,827,364 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position 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 buying an additional 1,396,444 shares during the period. Retirement Planning Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1,216.3% in the third quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 1,143,299 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,283,000 after buying an additional 1,056,439 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Penserra Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 250.8% in the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 1,266,655 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,542,000 after buying an additional 905,529 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Down 0.3%

VGSH stock opened at $58.34 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $58.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.75. 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 company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be given a $0.1855 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. This is an increase 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.