Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF $VGLT Shares Sold by Calamos Wealth Management LLC

Calamos Wealth Management LLC lessened its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) by 61.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 25,850 shares of the company’s stock after selling 40,553 shares during the quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF were worth $1,442,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Thompson Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Howe & Rusling Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $32,000. First Horizon Corp bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $33,000. High Note Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $44,000. Finally, Clearstead Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 34.6% during the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 208 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:VGLT opened at $55.43 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $53.17 and a fifty-two week high of $58.44. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $55.95 and a 200 day simple moving average of $56.38.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.2258 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.9%. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.19.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF 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. Long Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). 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 greater than 10 years.