Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF $VTIP Shares Purchased by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) by 5.1% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 4,890,809 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 237,357 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF accounts for about 4.2% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF were worth $244,296,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VTIP. Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 25.5% in the first quarter. Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors LLC now owns 18,975 shares of the company’s stock worth $948,000 after buying an additional 3,857 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 14.0% during the 1st quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 1,048,449 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,370,000 after buying an additional 128,447 shares during the period. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 70,030 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,513,000 after buying an additional 793 shares during the period. One Wealth Map LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 5.5% during the 1st quarter. One Wealth Map LLC now owns 36,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,823,000 after acquiring an additional 1,882 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Silver Oak Advisory Group Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 5.0% during the 1st quarter. Silver Oak Advisory Group Inc. now owns 45,810 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,288,000 after acquiring an additional 2,163 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VTIP opened at $49.62 on Tuesday. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $49.35 and a fifty-two week high of $50.81. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $50.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $49.94.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a dividend of $0.6804 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.02. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.5%.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Profile

The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (VTIP) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with less than 5 years remaining to maturity. VTIP was launched on Oct 12, 2012 and is managed by Vanguard.