Benjamin Edwards Inc. Sells 10,419 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Benjamin Edwards Inc. decreased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 30.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 23,291 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,419 shares during the quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,351,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Arkansas Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $563,000. Human Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Human Investing LLC now owns 208,786 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,178,000 after acquiring an additional 4,533 shares in the last quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $1,521,000. Slagle Financial LLC increased its holdings 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 valued at $808,000 after acquiring an additional 5,214 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $250,074,000 after acquiring an additional 273,778 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $59.05 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1-year low of $57.33 and a 1-year high of $59.09. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $58.61 and a 200-day moving average price of $58.11.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Announces Dividend

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

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.