General Partner Inc. Buys New Shares in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

General Partner Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 2,700 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $157,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased 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 purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $45,000. S.A. Mason LLC increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% during the third quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 220 shares during the period. Finally, Archer Investment Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $48,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock traded up $0.01 during trading on Friday, reaching $58.18. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 312,458 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,923,331. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $58.26 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.42. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.46 and a fifty-two week high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm 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 a positive change 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.