Lazard Asset Management LLC Purchases 140,073 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF $VGIT

Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 24.5% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 712,921 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 140,073 shares during the quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF were worth $42,454,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Spire Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 796.0% during the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 398 shares in the last quarter. First Community Trust NA purchased a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $27,000. Fairway Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $27,000. JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, Gilpin Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

VGIT stock opened at $58.54 on Wednesday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $58.17 and a one year high of $60.76. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $58.73 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $59.35.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were paid a $0.1879 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Company 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.