Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF $VGLT Shares Sold by Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.

Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. cut its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) by 8.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 725,888 shares of the company’s stock after selling 65,739 shares during the period. Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. owned about 0.41% of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF worth $41,274,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Diversify Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 16.6% in the third quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 78,912 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,502,000 after purchasing an additional 11,241 shares in the last quarter. Weaver Consulting Group purchased a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $255,000. Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $2,341,000. First Financial Bankshares Inc grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 24.1% in the third quarter. First Financial Bankshares Inc now owns 410,388 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,335,000 after acquiring an additional 79,734 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clearstead Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 34.6% during the third quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 810 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 208 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ VGLT opened at $57.84 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $56.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is $56.55. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $53.17 and a 12-month high of $59.46.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were paid a $0.2145 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.21.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Profile

Vanguard Long Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Long Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, with maturities greater than 10 years.