Empowered Funds LLC Purchases 9,948 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 4.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 210,983 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,948 shares during the quarter. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $12,237,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 31.1% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 5,050,567 shares of the company’s stock worth $305,155,000 after buying an additional 1,199,247 shares during the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter worth $68,099,000. Summit Trail Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.2% during the third quarter. Summit Trail Advisors LLC now owns 3,992,551 shares of the company’s stock worth $241,230,000 after buying an additional 1,060,467 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 7.8% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 11,557,959 shares of the company’s stock worth $698,332,000 after purchasing an additional 831,482 shares during the period. Finally, Empower Advisory Group LLC lifted 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 purchasing an additional 644,773 shares during the period.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VGIT opened at $58.22 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $58.18 and its 200-day moving average is $59.06. 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 firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.1912 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This is a positive change 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.