ST Germain D J Co. Inc. Boosts Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

ST Germain D J Co. Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 8.6% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 32,538 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,567 shares during the quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,893,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 151.3% during 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. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 148.7% in the third quarter. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC now owns 16,860 shares of the company’s stock valued at $995,000 after acquiring an additional 10,080 shares in the last quarter. Choreo LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 250.1% in the second quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 18,391 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,063,000 after acquiring an additional 13,138 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 20.2% in the third quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 178,058 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,525,000 after acquiring an additional 29,910 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schiavi & Co LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.1% in the second quarter. Schiavi & Co LLC now owns 464,368 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,929,000 after acquiring an additional 26,868 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

VGSH stock opened at $58.09 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $58.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.43. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1-year low of $57.46 and a 1-year high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a $0.2006 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

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.