State Street Corp Sells 300,000 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

State Street Corp decreased its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 5.2% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 5,500,000 shares of the company’s stock after selling 300,000 shares during the quarter. State Street Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $332,310,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Swmg LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $213,000. IHT Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 183.8% during the third quarter. IHT Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,218 shares of the company’s stock worth $617,000 after acquiring an additional 6,618 shares during the period. Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 26.0% during the third quarter. Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC now owns 18,153 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,097,000 after acquiring an additional 3,751 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 29.3% during the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 18,140 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,096,000 after acquiring an additional 4,114 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 8.4% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 2,532,606 shares of the company’s stock valued at $153,017,000 after purchasing an additional 195,413 shares during the period.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGIT opened at $58.92 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $58.95 and its 200 day moving average is $59.13. 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 company also recently declared 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. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This represents a $2.23 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.78%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18.

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.