Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Stock Holdings Lifted by Delta Investment Management LLC

Delta Investment Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 17.4% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 494,420 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 73,326 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF makes up about 7.1% of Delta Investment Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Delta Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $28,840,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 16.4% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 56,270,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,241,196,000 after purchasing an additional 7,909,057 shares during the period. Orgel Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,427,897 shares of the company’s stock worth $374,939,000 after purchasing an additional 20,759 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 31.4% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,013,450 shares of the company’s stock worth $231,175,000 after purchasing an additional 959,378 shares during the period. Money Design Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 10.3% during the fourth quarter. Money Design Co. Ltd. now owns 2,181,801 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,264,000 after purchasing an additional 203,220 shares during the period. Finally, Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.0% during the third quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 2,036,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $117,306,000 after purchasing an additional 20,973 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

VGSH stock opened at $57.69 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $57.90 and a 200 day simple moving average of $57.97. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.33 and a 52 week high of $58.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.2019 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.20%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 1st.

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.