Royal Bank of Canada Raises Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 10.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,481,150 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 227,579 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada owned 0.50% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $145,247,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.0%

VGSH opened at $58.13 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $57.96 and a 1-year high of $59.01. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $58.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.42.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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. 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.