Employees Retirement System of Texas Increases Stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

Employees Retirement System of Texas grew its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) by 126,282.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 21,485,000 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 21,468,000 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF comprises approximately 11.7% of Employees Retirement System of Texas’ investment portfolio, making the stock its largest position. Employees Retirement System of Texas owned approximately 4.40% of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF worth $1,251,072,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Motco bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $26,000. Fifth Third Bancorp grew its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 70.7% during the 2nd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 483 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. Aspire Private Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1,672.4% in the 2nd quarter. Aspire Private Capital LLC now owns 514 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 485 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, Hobbs Group Advisors LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF during the second quarter worth $31,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VGIT opened at $60.46 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $59.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.68. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12 month low of $56.07 and a 12 month high of $60.82.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a $0.1851 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

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.