JFS Wealth Advisors LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

JFS Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 718.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,250 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,975 shares during the quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $133,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 148.7% in the third quarter. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC now owns 16,860 shares of the company’s stock valued at $995,000 after acquiring an additional 10,080 shares in the last quarter. AMG National Trust Bank acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter valued at $563,000. Jane Street Group LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2,760.2% in the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 209,337 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,156,000 after purchasing an additional 202,018 shares during the last quarter. SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.8% in the second quarter. SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC now owns 138,671 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,042,000 after purchasing an additional 3,788 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 8.5% in the second quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 292,583 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,967,000 after purchasing an additional 23,025 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.23 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $58.75 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.27. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.46 and a 52 week high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st will be paid a $0.214 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $2.57 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 1st.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF

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.