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

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) declared a monthly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th, Zacks reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.21 per share on Monday, August 5th. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGSH traded down $0.20 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $58.28. The company had a trading volume of 86,501 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,462,796. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $57.98 and its 200-day simple moving average is $57.97. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.33 and a 1 year high of $58.57.

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.