HM Payson & Co. Purchases 34,701 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

HM Payson & Co. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 28.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 154,861 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 34,701 shares during the period. HM Payson & Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $9,140,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC lifted its stake in 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 buying an additional 10,080 shares during the period. AMG National Trust Bank acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter valued at about $563,000. Jane Street Group LLC lifted 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 buying an additional 202,018 shares during the period. SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC lifted 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 buying an additional 3,788 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates lifted 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 buying an additional 23,025 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Down 0.0 %

NASDAQ:VGSH traded down $0.02 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $58.43. The company had a trading volume of 150,494 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,513,742. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.44 and a fifty-two week high of $59.13. The business’s fifty day moving average is $58.77 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.27.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 1st were given a dividend of $0.202 per share. This represents a $2.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.15%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, October 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.