Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Shares Sold by Atria Investments Inc

Atria Investments Inc decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 92.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 27,467 shares of the company’s stock after selling 342,342 shares during the quarter. Atria Investments Inc’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,621,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Essex Savings Bank increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 7.5% in the 3rd quarter. Essex Savings Bank now owns 15,511 shares of the company’s stock valued at $915,000 after purchasing an additional 1,081 shares in the last quarter. Pegasus Partners Ltd. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 10.8% in the third quarter. Pegasus Partners Ltd. now owns 121,095 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,147,000 after buying an additional 11,831 shares in the last quarter. Bray Capital Advisors raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Bray Capital Advisors now owns 22,929 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,353,000 after buying an additional 500 shares during the period. CWA Asset Management Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $21,054,000. Finally, Leavell Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.1% in the 3rd quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 27,519 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,624,000 after acquiring an additional 1,077 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.22 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $58.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.31. 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 firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.214 dividend. This represents a $2.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.41%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 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.