Kensington Asset Management LLC Acquires New Position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF $VGLT

Kensington Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 69,922 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,871,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 36.9% in the 1st quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC now owns 650,596 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,023,000 after acquiring an additional 175,228 shares during the last quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 10.5% during the 4th quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC now owns 408,943 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,819,000 after acquiring an additional 38,874 shares in the last quarter. RFG Advisory LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth $1,848,000. Key Capital Management INC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $599,000. Finally, O Brien Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 16.6% during the 4th quarter. O Brien Wealth Partners LLC now owns 191,387 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,679,000 after buying an additional 27,303 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Trading Down 0.7%

VGLT opened at $52.74 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $54.40 and its 200 day moving average price is $55.23. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $52.56 and a fifty-two week high of $58.44.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2076 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.7%.

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.