Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. Lowers Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 5.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 32,671 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,055 shares during the quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,901,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% during the 2nd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 387 shares in the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Archer Investment Corp purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $48,000. Finally, S.A. Mason LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% during the third quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,000 after buying an additional 220 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.26 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $58.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.44. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a twelve month low of $57.46 and a twelve month high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a dividend of $0.2006 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.