Bank of New York Mellon Corp Sells 5,126 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Bank of New York Mellon Corp lessened its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 22.7% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 17,505 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,126 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,015,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Arkansas Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $563,000. Human Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Human Investing LLC now owns 208,786 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,178,000 after purchasing an additional 4,533 shares during the period. SageView Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $1,521,000. Slagle Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 60.4% during the fourth quarter. Slagle Financial LLC now owns 13,848 shares of the company’s stock worth $808,000 after buying an additional 5,214 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.8% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,287,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,074,000 after buying an additional 273,778 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

VGSH stock opened at $59.07 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12-month low of $57.33 and a 12-month high of $59.09. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is $58.12.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.