AlphaQuest LLC Buys 695,732 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF $VGIT

AlphaQuest LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 643.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 803,838 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 695,732 shares during the period. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF makes up 2.7% of AlphaQuest LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. AlphaQuest LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF were worth $48,174,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VGIT. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 7.9% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 49,761,596 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,987,189,000 after buying an additional 3,650,650 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 83.5% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 7,543,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $451,113,000 after buying an additional 3,432,439 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 144.6% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,619,594 shares of the company’s stock valued at $336,108,000 after buying an additional 3,322,064 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 46.3% during the third quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 5,495,265 shares of the company’s stock valued at $329,881,000 after buying an additional 1,737,909 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Perigon Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 9,969.6% during the fourth quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,476,604 shares of the company’s stock valued at $88,493,000 after buying an additional 1,461,940 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGIT stock opened at $58.73 on Tuesday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.37 and a fifty-two week high of $60.76. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $59.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $59.79.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 1st were given a dividend of $0.1872 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 1st.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury 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. 3-10 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Fund). 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 between 3 and 10 years.