Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) to Issue Dividend Increase – $0.21 Per Share

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) declared a monthly dividend on Tuesday, January 27th. Investors of record on Monday, November 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.2115 per share on Wednesday, November 4th. This represents a $2.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 2nd. This is a 3.1% increase from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.2052.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VGLT opened at $52.53 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $49.29 and a 52 week high of $57.90. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $51.70 and a 200 day moving average of $54.17.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Company Profile

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.