Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Reduces Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC trimmed its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 34.8% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 12,872 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,879 shares during the quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $760,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 558.0% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,302,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $75,654,000 after buying an additional 1,104,815 shares in the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 19,321.3% in the third quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 1,058,266 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,459,000 after purchasing an additional 1,052,817 shares in the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1,206.6% in the third quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 979,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,781,000 after purchasing an additional 904,076 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 234.4% in the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,145,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,433,000 after purchasing an additional 802,973 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2,126.2% during the 3rd quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 771,192 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,516,000 after purchasing an additional 736,550 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.23 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $58.68 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.31. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.46 and a 1 year high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business 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 an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $2.57 annualized dividend 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.