Sanctuary Advisors LLC Buys 43,161 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

Sanctuary Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 54.7% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 122,000 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 43,161 shares during the quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $7,119,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 70.7% during the 2nd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter valued at about $31,000. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter worth about $35,000. Beacon Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the second quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the second quarter valued at about $36,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

VGIT stock opened at $58.43 on Friday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.03 and a 52 week high of $60.82. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $58.83 and a 200 day moving average of $59.13.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1855 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. This represents a $2.23 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF

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.