Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF $VGLT Holdings Decreased by Ameriprise Financial Inc.

Ameriprise Financial Inc. reduced its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) by 20.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,784,483 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,240,962 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. owned about 4.98% of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF worth $505,354,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. GenWealth Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 19.7% during the 3rd quarter. GenWealth Group Inc. now owns 321,272 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,268,000 after acquiring an additional 52,890 shares in the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 281.7% in the 3rd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 26,103 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,484,000 after purchasing an additional 19,265 shares during the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 202.7% during the 3rd quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 49,369 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,807,000 after purchasing an additional 33,061 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Hawaii purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $5,529,000. Finally, NorthRock Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 47,265.0% during the 3rd quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 223,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,712,000 after purchasing an additional 223,091 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of VGLT opened at $55.29 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $56.36 and its 200 day moving average price is $56.64. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $53.17 and a twelve month high of $59.46.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1874 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd.

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.