Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. Sells 205,623 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. trimmed its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 98.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,477 shares of the company’s stock after selling 205,623 shares during the quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $202,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Kestra Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Trust Co. of Vermont acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $49,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 55.6% in the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 963 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,000 after purchasing an additional 344 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $87,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.71 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.41. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12 month low of $57.46 and a 12 month high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.206 per share. This represents a $2.47 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, 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.