HighTower Advisors LLC Has $165.36 Million Position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF $VGIT

HighTower Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 6.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,754,590 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 168,378 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.49% of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF worth $165,358,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 46,110,946 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,757,896,000 after acquiring an additional 500,574 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 4.5% during the second quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 19,075,152 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,140,885,000 after purchasing an additional 829,746 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 9.4% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 15,055,511 shares of the company’s stock valued at $900,470,000 after purchasing an additional 1,293,010 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 83.5% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 7,543,279 shares of the company’s stock worth $451,113,000 after purchasing an additional 3,432,439 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 8.4% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 7,048,173 shares of the company’s stock worth $423,102,000 after purchasing an additional 546,515 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of VGIT opened at $60.39 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $59.92 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $60.02. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.10 and a 52 week high of $60.57.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.1913 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury 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. 3-10 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Fund). 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 between 3 and 10 years.