Winch Advisory Services LLC Acquires 2,189 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

Winch Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 21.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 12,602 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,189 shares during the quarter. Winch Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $731,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Employees Retirement System of Texas lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 126,282.4% during the 2nd quarter. Employees Retirement System of Texas now owns 21,485,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,251,072,000 after buying an additional 21,468,000 shares during the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $68,099,000. Summit Trail Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.2% in the 3rd quarter. Summit Trail Advisors LLC now owns 3,992,551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $241,230,000 after acquiring an additional 1,060,467 shares during the period. Creative Planning lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 8.9% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 10,726,477 shares of the company’s stock worth $624,603,000 after acquiring an additional 880,734 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empower Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.3% during the third quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 15,788,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $953,913,000 after acquiring an additional 644,773 shares during the period.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 0.7 %

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $57.89 on Thursday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12 month low of $57.03 and a 12 month high of $60.82. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $58.29 and its 200-day moving average is $59.10.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a dividend of $0.1901 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. This is an increase from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.19.

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.