Hills Bank & Trust Co Has $1.58 Million Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Hills Bank & Trust Co lessened its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 3.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 27,164 shares of the company’s stock after selling 983 shares during the quarter. Hills Bank & Trust Co’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,580,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGSH. Wealthfront Advisers LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $258,750,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $135,320,000. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6,213.3% during the third quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 908,739 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,256,000 after acquiring an additional 894,345 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 32.7% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,440,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $200,183,000 after acquiring an additional 847,591 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Inc. OK lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 5,763.2% in the 4th quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK now owns 606,485 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,285,000 after acquiring an additional 596,141 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.48 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $58.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.44. 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 Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1873 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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.