US Bancorp DE Grows Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

US Bancorp DE increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 48.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,843 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 602 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $107,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 151.3% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,044 shares of the company’s stock worth $298,000 after purchasing an additional 3,037 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $201,000. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 11,577 shares of the company’s stock worth $674,000 after purchasing an additional 272 shares during the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6,213.3% in the third quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 908,739 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,256,000 after purchasing an additional 894,345 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First County Bank CT lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. First County Bank CT now owns 12,544 shares of the company’s stock worth $730,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.48 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.46 and a 1 year high of $59.13. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.43.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a $0.1873 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 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.