Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Shares Purchased by LPL Financial LLC

LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 28.0% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 792,397 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 173,430 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC owned about 0.43% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $60,151,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VCLT. Pinney & Scofield Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Beacon Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $63,000. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1,025.0% in the first quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 1,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $137,000 after purchasing an additional 1,640 shares during the period. BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $153,000. Finally, Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 89.8% in the fourth quarter. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc now owns 2,270 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $170,000 after purchasing an additional 1,074 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VCLT opened at $75.40 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $74.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $74.71. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $70.61 and a 1-year high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 1st were given a dividend of $0.3393 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.4%.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Long Term Corporate Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted corporate bond index with a long-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.