Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Stock Position Boosted by MOKAN Wealth Management Inc.

MOKAN Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 10.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 242,230 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 23,327 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for 6.3% of MOKAN Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its largest position. MOKAN Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $14,226,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 13.5% in the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 341,525 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,058,000 after purchasing an additional 40,689 shares during the last quarter. Octavia Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.3% in the 4th quarter. Octavia Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 163,574 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,607,000 after purchasing an additional 11,109 shares in the last quarter. Optima Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 4th quarter worth $64,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 40.4% during the 4th quarter. Inlight Wealth Management LLC now owns 13,648 shares of the company’s stock worth $802,000 after purchasing an additional 3,927 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Webster Bank N. A. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 10.1% during the fourth quarter. Webster Bank N. A. now owns 2,015 shares of the company’s stock worth $118,000 after buying an additional 185 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.51 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.62 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.72. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.31 and a 52 week high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1855 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.