Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Shares Acquired by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 6.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 964,855 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 58,001 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF accounts for 1.5% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest position. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned 0.27% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF worth $56,135,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Creative Planning lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 38.1% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 1,070,408 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,073,000 after purchasing an additional 295,261 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.2% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,292,915 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,976,000 after buying an additional 40,650 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 319.1% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 86,730 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,029,000 after acquiring an additional 66,034 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Wealth Strategies LLC. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the second quarter worth $334,000. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% in the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 387 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.31 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $58.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.45. 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 Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.2006 per share. 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.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF 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.