Retirement Planning Group LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Retirement Planning Group LLC trimmed its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 6.0% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 105,357 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,688 shares during the period. Retirement Planning Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $6,183,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 163.7% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 37,620,327 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,188,751,000 after purchasing an additional 23,351,829 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 8.1% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 7,130,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $414,843,000 after buying an additional 536,918 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 8.1% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,835,986 shares of the company’s stock worth $339,538,000 after acquiring an additional 438,475 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $258,750,000. Finally, SCS Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC now owns 4,203,603 shares of the company’s stock worth $244,566,000 after acquiring an additional 211,246 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.48 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $58.59 and its 200 day moving average is $58.41. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $57.70 and a 1 year high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.2046 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 2nd. This represents a $2.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.20%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20.

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.