Invesco Ltd. Increases Stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 3.5% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 64,830 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 2,209 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $4,921,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Pinney & Scofield Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Beacon Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $63,000. SSA Swiss Advisors AG purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the first quarter worth $75,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the first quarter worth $119,000. Finally, Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV increased its stake in shares of 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 worth $137,000 after purchasing an additional 1,640 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VCLT opened at $75.82 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $75.30 and a 200-day moving average price of $74.81. 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 Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 1st were paid a $0.4247 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.7%. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.34. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 1st.

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.