Manning & Napier Advisors LLC Buys 175,228 Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF $VGLT

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) by 36.9% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 650,596 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 175,228 shares during the period. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF were worth $36,023,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VGLT. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 123.9% during the 4th quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 591 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 327 shares during the last quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 88.0% in the 4th quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 613 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 287 shares during the period. Capital Analysts LLC raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 38.6% in the 4th quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 653 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares during the period. Finally, Addison Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 5,006.7% in the fourth quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 766 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 751 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGLT remained flat at $54.05 during trading hours on Friday. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,517,057 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,533,431. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $53.04 and a fifty-two week high of $58.44. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $54.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $55.48.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st were paid a dividend of $0.2076 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury 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. Long Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). 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 greater than 10 years.