Strategic Financial Services Inc. Trims Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT)

Strategic Financial Services Inc. lowered its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) by 4.5% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,064,012 shares of the company’s stock after selling 49,570 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF accounts for 3.5% of Strategic Financial Services Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest position. Strategic Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $58,893,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 15.9% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 430,037 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,803,000 after purchasing an additional 58,966 shares during the last quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 11.9% in the fourth quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 6,204 shares of the company’s stock worth $343,000 after purchasing an additional 660 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 15.9% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 64,939 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,996,000 after purchasing an additional 8,911 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 18.2% in the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 7,230 shares of the company’s stock worth $400,000 after purchasing an additional 1,111 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 74.3% during the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 99,742 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,133,000 after acquiring an additional 42,507 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.4 %

VGLT stock opened at $57.61 on Thursday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a twelve month low of $53.80 and a twelve month high of $63.41. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $56.29 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $57.84.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1893 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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.