Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) Position Decreased by Petix & Botte Co

Petix & Botte Co trimmed its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) by 34.4% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 9,630 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,056 shares during the period. Petix & Botte Co’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF were worth $457,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 8.0% in the fourth quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 3,079,163 shares of the company’s stock worth $146,229,000 after buying an additional 228,055 shares during the period. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 11,379 shares of the company’s stock worth $540,000 after buying an additional 253 shares during the period. Capital Performance Advisors LLP boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. Capital Performance Advisors LLP now owns 26,493 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,258,000 after buying an additional 948 shares during the period. Apollon Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 17.7% in the fourth quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 325,882 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,476,000 after buying an additional 48,900 shares during the period. Finally, Leuthold Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Leuthold Group LLC now owns 88,695 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,212,000 after buying an additional 3,253 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTIP remained flat at $48.02 during midday trading on Monday. 554,851 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,225,394. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a one year low of $46.70 and a one year high of $48.17. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $47.81 and its 200-day moving average price is $47.61.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were issued a $0.0267 dividend. This represents a $0.11 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Company 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.