Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Hits New 12-Month Low – Here’s What Happened

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $53.15 and last traded at $53.23, with a volume of 512090 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $53.52.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 1.0%

The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $55.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $55.99.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st were issued a $0.2099 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 1st.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Howe & Rusling Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 123.9% in the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 591 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 327 shares during the period. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 1,010.9% in the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 556 shares during the period. Finally, Bogart Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 88.0% in the fourth quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 287 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

Vanguard Long Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Long Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). 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 greater than 10 years.