Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Declares Dividend Increase – $0.21 Per Share

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) announced a monthly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th, Zacks reports. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.214 per share on Tuesday, November 5th. This represents a $2.57 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

VGSH opened at $58.48 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $58.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.27. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1-year low of $57.44 and a 1-year high of $59.13.

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.