Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCIT Shares Purchased by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCIT) by 2.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,323,030 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 34,175 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF comprises about 2.2% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings, making the stock its 12th largest holding. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned approximately 0.20% of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $111,280,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 107.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 8,916 shares of the company’s stock valued at $716,000 after purchasing an additional 4,627 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $259,000. Carnegie Investment Counsel grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.5% during the second quarter. Carnegie Investment Counsel now owns 27,467 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,278,000 after acquiring an additional 936 shares in the last quarter. GenTrust LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3,091.5% during the second quarter. GenTrust LLC now owns 313,339 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,982,000 after acquiring an additional 303,521 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter worth about $217,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of VCIT opened at $84.54 on Friday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $78.66 and a one year high of $84.84. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $83.93 and a 200 day moving average price of $83.90.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd were issued a $0.33 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.7%.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index, a subset of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. The Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index measures the investment return of U.S. dollar denominated, investment-grade, fixed rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility, and financial companies with maturities between 5 and 10 years. Vanguard Group, Inc provides investment adisory services to the Fund.