Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC Takes $5.64 Million Position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund acquired 97,264 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,641,000. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF makes up 5.2% of Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.4% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 71,703,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,332,306,000 after purchasing an additional 313,398 shares during the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 84.1% during the fourth quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 30,148 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,749,000 after purchasing an additional 13,771 shares during the last quarter. Parkside Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 74.3% during the fourth quarter. Parkside Advisors LLC now owns 23,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,386,000 after purchasing an additional 10,187 shares during the last quarter. Emprise Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 13.6% during the fourth quarter. Emprise Bank now owns 393,067 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,798,000 after purchasing an additional 47,052 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Thomasville National Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $601,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ VGIT opened at $58.78 on Tuesday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12 month low of $57.35 and a 12 month high of $60.82. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $59.21 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.66.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, May 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 1st were issued a dividend of $0.1872 per share. This represents a $2.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, May 1st.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Profile

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.