Titleist Asset Management LLC Boosts Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Titleist Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 19.6% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 85,169 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,959 shares during the period. Titleist Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $4,955,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VGSH. FMR LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 151.3% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,044 shares of the company’s stock worth $298,000 after acquiring an additional 3,037 shares during the period. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 38.0% during the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 12,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $726,000 after purchasing an additional 3,435 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $201,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 750,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,642,000 after purchasing an additional 30,856 shares during the period. Finally, US Bancorp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 48.5% in the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,843 shares of the company’s stock worth $107,000 after buying an additional 602 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.75 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.43 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.41. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.46 and a 52 week high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were issued a dividend of $0.206 per share. This represents a $2.47 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.21%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.