Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Stock Position Reduced by Shah Capital Management

Shah Capital Management lowered its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 1.9% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 237,752 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,605 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF makes up about 2.8% of Shah Capital Management’s holdings, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Shah Capital Management’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $13,832,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% in the 2nd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $45,000. Archer Investment Corp bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $48,000. Finally, S.A. Mason LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% in the 3rd quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,000 after acquiring an additional 220 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.31 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.46 and a 1 year high of $59.13. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.45.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.2006 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18.

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.