Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCIT Shares Bought by World Investment Advisors

World Investment Advisors lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCIT) by 29.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 32,056 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 7,359 shares during the quarter. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $2,685,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 84,849,444 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,106,141,000 after acquiring an additional 2,552,216 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 83,976,379 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,033,022,000 after acquiring an additional 3,339,026 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.6% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 26,438,339 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,223,729,000 after acquiring an additional 927,083 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 22.4% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 24,048,406 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,014,054,000 after purchasing an additional 4,399,400 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5.9% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 10,895,493 shares of the company’s stock worth $912,498,000 after purchasing an additional 604,588 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

VCIT opened at $82.48 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $82.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $83.30. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $81.43 and a one year high of $84.84.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were given a $0.3412 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.33. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.0%.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Profile

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.