Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) Shares Sold by Financial Counselors Inc.

Financial Counselors Inc. reduced its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 69.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 9,318 shares of the company’s stock after selling 21,505 shares during the period. Financial Counselors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $540,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Middleton & Co. Inc. MA raised its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 51.0% in the 4th quarter. Middleton & Co. Inc. MA now owns 76,280 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,424,000 after buying an additional 25,750 shares during the period. Opus Capital Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Opus Capital Group LLC now owns 755,258 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,805,000 after buying an additional 47,492 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $200,000. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 75.5% during the 4th quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 1,132 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,000 after acquiring an additional 487 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 173.8% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 7,354 shares of the company’s stock valued at $427,000 after acquiring an additional 4,668 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VGIT opened at $59.30 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.82. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.03 and a 52 week high of $60.82.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a $0.1731 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index 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.