Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Shares Bought by Nottingham Advisors Inc.

Nottingham Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) by 63.3% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 453,602 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 175,823 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF accounts for approximately 3.1% of Nottingham Advisors Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest position. Nottingham Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $27,915,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $330,000. Tsfg LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.0% during the third quarter. Tsfg LLC now owns 44,064 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,712,000 after buying an additional 1,304 shares in the last quarter. GenWealth Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.6% during the third quarter. GenWealth Group Inc. now owns 128,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,925,000 after acquiring an additional 2,089 shares during the period. Creative Planning raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 41.2% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 11,907 shares of the company’s stock worth $733,000 after acquiring an additional 3,472 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 45.0% in the 3rd quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 22,478 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,383,000 after acquiring an additional 6,978 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGLT traded down $0.58 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $59.26. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 134,571 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,317,965. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $61.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.91. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $51.90 and a fifty-two week high of $63.41.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a $0.2041 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd.

About Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF

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.