Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (VGLT) To Go Ex-Dividend on December 18th

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) declared a monthly dividend on Tuesday, December 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 18th will be paid a dividend of 0.214 per share on Monday, December 22nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 18th. This is a 5.0% increase from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VGLT traded up $0.02 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $56.07. 1,985,037 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,207,896. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $57.10 and its 200-day moving average is $56.15. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $53.17 and a 1-year high of $59.46.

About Vanguard Long-Term Treasury 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.