GTS Securities LLC Acquires Shares of 371,068 Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF $VGLT

GTS Securities LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 371,068 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,476,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VGLT. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC raised its holdings in 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 worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 556 shares in the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 123.9% during the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 591 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 327 shares during the period. Capital Analysts LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 38.6% during the fourth quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 653 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 182 shares during the period. Finally, NFSG Corp bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $42,000.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGLT stock opened at $53.18 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $53.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $54.82. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $52.24 and a 12 month high of $58.44.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.2145 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd. This is an increase from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.21. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.8%.

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.