Private Advisor Group LLC Raises Stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

Private Advisor Group LLC raised its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 107.2% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 289,492 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 149,800 shares during the quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $16,791,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VGIT. Opus Capital Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.7% during the fourth quarter. Opus Capital Group LLC now owns 755,258 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,805,000 after purchasing an additional 47,492 shares in the last quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 8,450 shares of the company’s stock worth $499,000 after buying an additional 233 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $200,000. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its position in shares of 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 increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 173.8% in the 4th 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 during the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

VGIT stock opened at $58.21 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $58.07 and a 200 day moving average price of $59.00. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.03 and a fifty-two week high of $60.82.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1912 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This is an increase from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.19.

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.