Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF $VGIT Shares Bought by Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC

Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 58.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 39,940 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,753 shares during the period. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF were worth $2,389,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VGIT. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $287,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 85.3% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,132 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,000 after purchasing an additional 521 shares during the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 20.9% in the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 110,170 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,589,000 after acquiring an additional 19,074 shares in the last quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 96.4% in the second quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 13,723 shares of the company’s stock worth $821,000 after acquiring an additional 6,737 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hurley Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 3.0% in the second quarter. Hurley Capital LLC now owns 129,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,735,000 after acquiring an additional 3,735 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $59.39 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $59.86 and its 200-day simple moving average is $60.00. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.42 and a fifty-two week high of $60.76.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were given a $0.1959 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.0%. This is an increase from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF

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.