Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc. Purchases 31,139 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 15.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 226,969 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 31,139 shares during the quarter. Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $13,205,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Arvest Investments Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.5% during the 4th quarter. Arvest Investments Inc. now owns 63,728 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,708,000 after purchasing an additional 3,871 shares in the last quarter. L.K. Benson & Company P.C. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $645,000. First Financial Bankshares Inc grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.9% during the fourth quarter. First Financial Bankshares Inc now owns 1,157,496 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,343,000 after buying an additional 43,051 shares in the last quarter. SageOak Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $1,175,000. Finally, VSM Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $89,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

VGSH opened at $58.57 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.46 and a 1 year high of $59.13. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $58.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.43.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.1873 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 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.