Smithfield Trust Co Invests $239,000 in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

Smithfield Trust Co acquired a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 3,955 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $239,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VGIT. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF in the first quarter valued at $1,088,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 31.7% during the first quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 492,462 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,834,000 after purchasing an additional 118,643 shares during the last quarter. Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 103.2% in the first quarter. Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC now owns 14,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $856,000 after purchasing an additional 7,493 shares in the last quarter. Innealta Capital LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF in the first quarter worth about $8,820,000. Finally, Nepc LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 40.5% in the first quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 6,248,596 shares of the company’s stock valued at $365,855,000 after buying an additional 1,802,367 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

NASDAQ:VGIT opened at $58.34 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $59.41 and its two-hundred day moving average is $59.03. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.03 and a 52 week high of $60.82.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1855 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. This represents a $2.23 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.82%.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF 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.