CENTRAL TRUST Co Acquires 4,800 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

CENTRAL TRUST Co grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 11.2% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 47,600 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,800 shares during the quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $2,798,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Nwam LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 14.7% in the 2nd quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 50,849 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,984,000 after buying an additional 6,510 shares during the period. Montag A & Associates Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. now owns 285,639 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,790,000 after buying an additional 5,153 shares during the period. 49 Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 139.2% in the 2nd quarter. 49 Wealth Management LLC now owns 132,426 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,784,000 after acquiring an additional 77,056 shares in the last quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $14,016,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 58.1% during the second quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 62,300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,662,000 after acquiring an additional 22,901 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.76 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52-week low of $58.00 and a 52-week high of $58.98. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $58.81 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.66.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1888 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 3rd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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.