Morling Financial Advisors LLC Buys 38,094 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Morling Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 8.0% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 513,824 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 38,094 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF makes up about 9.2% of Morling Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Morling Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $30,079,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. First Pacific Financial purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $28,000. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 990.9% in the 3rd quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 480 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 436 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Holos Integrated Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $29,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

VGSH stock opened at $58.13 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $58.15 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.46. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.98 and a fifty-two week high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st were paid a $0.1779 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.