D.A. Davidson & CO. Trims Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

D.A. Davidson & CO. trimmed its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 6.5% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 7,534 shares of the company’s stock after selling 525 shares during the period. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $438,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. NorthRock Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 19,321.3% in the 3rd quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 1,058,266 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,459,000 after purchasing an additional 1,052,817 shares in the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6,213.3% in the 3rd quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 908,739 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,256,000 after purchasing an additional 894,345 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 32.7% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,440,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $200,183,000 after purchasing an additional 847,591 shares in the last quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 5,763.2% in the 4th quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK now owns 606,485 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,285,000 after purchasing an additional 596,141 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stephens Inc. AR lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 5,006.4% in the 4th quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 489,552 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,482,000 after purchasing an additional 479,965 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.48 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $58.22 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.45. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12-month low of $57.46 and a 12-month high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.2075 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20.

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.