B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. Buys 12,088 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP)

B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) by 95.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 24,796 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,088 shares during the quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF were worth $1,172,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Sei Investments Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 19.5% during the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 7,886,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $377,688,000 after acquiring an additional 1,287,819 shares during the last quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 5,232,082 shares of the company’s stock valued at $248,472,000 after purchasing an additional 114,300 shares during the last quarter. Heritage Wealth Advisors boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Heritage Wealth Advisors now owns 4,500,471 shares of the company’s stock worth $213,727,000 after purchasing an additional 160,020 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 3,195,453 shares of the company’s stock worth $153,030,000 after buying an additional 116,290 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 29.0% during the 4th quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,483,393 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,936,000 after buying an additional 558,514 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VTIP opened at $48.56 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $46.70 and a fifty-two week high of $48.60. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $48.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $47.95.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 1st were given a dividend of $0.444 per share. This represents a $1.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03.

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.