Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF $VGIT Shares Purchased by Blue Trust Inc.

Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 15.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,236,263 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 966,134 shares during the period. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF makes up approximately 4.9% of Blue Trust Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF were worth $430,919,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. RFG Advisory LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 2.8% during the first quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 110,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,577,000 after purchasing an additional 2,976 shares during the period. Surience Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $1,235,000. Certified Advisory Corp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 37.3% in the first quarter. Certified Advisory Corp now owns 7,957 shares of the company’s stock worth $474,000 after acquiring an additional 2,163 shares in the last quarter. Sovereign Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $264,000. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc raised its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 5.1% during the first quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 137,851 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,209,000 after purchasing an additional 6,741 shares during the period.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VGIT opened at $59.00 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $59.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of $59.57. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.37 and a 12-month high of $60.76.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1935 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.19. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.9%.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Intermediate Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with an intermediate-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. 3-10 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Fund). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, with maturities between 3 and 10 years.