Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC Increases Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 17.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 532,106 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 77,300 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC owned about 0.53% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $40,360,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. AE Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 52.4% during the 3rd quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 486 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares during the last quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth $44,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at about $65,000. US Bancorp DE boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1,700.0% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 846 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $66,000 after buying an additional 799 shares during the period. Finally, Running Point Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 39.3% during the third quarter. Running Point Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,025 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $80,000 after buying an additional 289 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.7%

VCLT opened at $74.98 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $70.61 and a 12 month high of $79.28. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $75.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $76.67.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a $0.3561 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.32. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.7%.

About Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

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.