Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Shares Bought by Kitching Partners LLC

Kitching Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) by 3.7% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 75,054 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,662 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF comprises 5.3% of Kitching Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest holding. Kitching Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $4,154,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Betterment LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 19.2% during the fourth quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 385,744 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,351,000 after buying an additional 62,003 shares in the last quarter. Rinkey Investments lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 15.4% during the fourth quarter. Rinkey Investments now owns 103,013 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,702,000 after purchasing an additional 13,757 shares in the last quarter. Bolthouse Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the fourth quarter worth $565,000. SCS Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC now owns 2,985,854 shares of the company’s stock worth $165,267,000 after purchasing an additional 186,703 shares during the period. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $13,591,000.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGLT opened at $57.16 on Wednesday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $53.80 and a fifty-two week high of $63.41. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $56.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $56.79.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were issued a $0.2096 dividend. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.40%. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 1st.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF 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.