Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT)

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) by 94.8% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 800 shares of the company’s stock after selling 14,619 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $49,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Lazard Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 23.0% during the first quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 54,795 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,246,000 after purchasing an additional 10,253 shares in the last quarter. Full Sail Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.8% during the second quarter. Full Sail Capital LLC now owns 261,371 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,076,000 after purchasing an additional 7,052 shares in the last quarter. Sinecera Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 94.1% during the second quarter. Sinecera Capital LLC now owns 72,171 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,163,000 after purchasing an additional 34,981 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 78.5% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 43,088 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,553,000 after purchasing an additional 18,950 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tortoise Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 38.2% during the second quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 365,610 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,088,000 after purchasing an additional 100,998 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VGLT opened at $56.82 on Monday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $54.96 and a 1 year high of $63.41. The company has a fifty day moving average of $59.74 and a two-hundred day moving average of $59.12.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2123 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Company 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.