Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF $VGIT Shares Purchased by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 15.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 3,186,159 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 431,569 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF were worth $190,946,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VGIT. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 7.9% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 49,761,596 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,987,189,000 after acquiring an additional 3,650,650 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 83.5% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 7,543,279 shares of the company’s stock worth $451,113,000 after acquiring an additional 3,432,439 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 144.6% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,619,594 shares of the company’s stock worth $336,108,000 after acquiring an additional 3,322,064 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 46.3% during the third quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 5,495,265 shares of the company’s stock worth $329,881,000 after acquiring an additional 1,737,909 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Perigon Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 9,969.6% during the fourth quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,476,604 shares of the company’s stock worth $88,493,000 after acquiring an additional 1,461,940 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

VGIT stock opened at $58.62 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $59.42 and a two-hundred day moving average of $59.84. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF has a 52-week low of $58.54 and a 52-week high of $60.76.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1872 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF 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.