Alesco Advisors LLC Takes $2.38 Million Position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

Alesco Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 30,700 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $2,384,000.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Avaii Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.3% in the second quarter. Avaii Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,224 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $472,000 after purchasing an additional 138 shares during the last quarter. Stableford Capital II LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Stableford Capital II LLC now owns 3,689 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $278,000 after buying an additional 161 shares during the period. Palouse Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Palouse Capital Management Inc. now owns 49,803 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,780,000 after acquiring an additional 168 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 4,317 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $328,000 after acquiring an additional 176 shares during the period. Finally, Transatlantique Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter. Transatlantique Private Wealth LLC now owns 8,300 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $630,000 after acquiring an additional 224 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VCLT opened at $76.51 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $76.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $76.58. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $70.61 and a 52-week high of $79.28.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 1st were issued a dividend of $0.3402 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.33. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.3%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 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. 10+ Year Corporate Index (the Index). This index includes the United States dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility and financial companies, with maturities greater than 10 years.