Middleton & Co. Inc. MA Reduces Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Middleton & Co. Inc. MA lowered its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 3.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 137,880 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,870 shares during the quarter. Middleton & Co. Inc. MA’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $8,022,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Orgel Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,410,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,121,000 after buying an additional 238,717 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,911,421 shares of the company’s stock worth $230,852,000 after buying an additional 65,105 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 32.7% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,440,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $200,183,000 after buying an additional 847,591 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 8.3% in the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 3,376,630 shares of the company’s stock worth $199,289,000 after buying an additional 258,370 shares during the period. Finally, Smithfield Trust Co lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. Smithfield Trust Co now owns 2,059,943 shares of the company’s stock worth $121,569,000 after buying an additional 111,972 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

VGSH opened at $58.63 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12 month low of $57.46 and a 12 month high of $59.13. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $58.24 and a 200-day moving average price of $58.45.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a $0.2075 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.

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.