Blue Trust Inc. Acquires 1,199,247 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

Blue Trust Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 31.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,050,567 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,199,247 shares during the period. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF comprises 3.6% of Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Blue Trust Inc. owned 0.96% of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF worth $305,155,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in VGIT. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $68,099,000. Summit Trail Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.2% during the 3rd quarter. Summit Trail Advisors LLC now owns 3,992,551 shares of the company’s stock worth $241,230,000 after purchasing an additional 1,060,467 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning grew its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 8.9% during the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 10,726,477 shares of the company’s stock worth $624,603,000 after purchasing an additional 880,734 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.3% during the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 29.1% during the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 2,291,226 shares of the company’s stock worth $138,436,000 after acquiring an additional 517,044 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

NASDAQ VGIT opened at $58.06 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $58.24 and its 200 day simple moving average is $59.10. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.03 and a 1 year high of $60.82.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.1901 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.19. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

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.