Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. Purchases 924 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 0.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 186,476 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 924 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF accounts for approximately 1.2% of Conservest Capital Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $10,877,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 7.7% during the 4th quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 2,193,522 shares of the company’s stock valued at $127,948,000 after purchasing an additional 156,959 shares during the last quarter. Addison Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 41.3% during the 4th quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 54,442 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,176,000 after purchasing an additional 15,920 shares during the last quarter. Delta Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 17.4% during the 4th quarter. Delta Investment Management LLC now owns 494,420 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,840,000 after purchasing an additional 73,326 shares during the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $401,000. Finally, Simplex Trading LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 197.4% during the 4th quarter. Simplex Trading LLC now owns 4,518 shares of the company’s stock valued at $263,000 after purchasing an additional 2,999 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 0.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH traded up $0.01 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $57.69. 964,013 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,115,145. The company’s 50-day moving average is $57.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is $57.97. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.33 and a 1 year high of $58.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a $0.2019 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. This represents a $2.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st.

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.