Kensington Asset Management LLC Buys 251,032 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Kensington Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 285.7% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 338,906 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 251,032 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for approximately 0.9% of Kensington Asset Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest holding. Kensington Asset Management LLC owned approximately 0.07% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $19,840,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,600,092,000 after purchasing an additional 18,721,366 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 648.9% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,233,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $131,203,000 after buying an additional 1,935,700 shares in the last quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 221.9% in the fourth quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 2,786,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $163,667,000 after buying an additional 1,921,017 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $513,571,000 after buying an additional 1,827,364 shares during the period. Finally, NewEdge Wealth LLC grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 908.1% during the fourth quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 1,974,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,966,000 after buying an additional 1,778,698 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.10 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $58.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.42. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $57.96 and a twelve month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced 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 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.