Summit Trail Advisors LLC Boosts Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Summit Trail Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 14.5% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 90,866 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,489 shares during the period. Summit Trail Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $5,363,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the second quarter worth about $30,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% during the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the period. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter worth about $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter worth about $45,000. Finally, S.A. Mason LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% during the third quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.21 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a twelve month low of $57.46 and a twelve month high of $59.13. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $58.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.34.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were given 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.