Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Acquires Shares of 542,453 Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 542,453 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $41,145,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. owned approximately 0.54% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 9,397 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $730,000 after acquiring an additional 135 shares in the last quarter. Friedenthal Financial boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 51.5% during the 4th quarter. Friedenthal Financial now owns 468 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake 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 worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 167 shares in the last quarter. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH now owns 3,425 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $266,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares in the last quarter. Finally, S. R. Schill & Associates boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. S. R. Schill & Associates now owns 17,594 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,366,000 after acquiring an additional 207 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VCLT opened at $74.48 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $74.69 and its 200-day simple moving average is $75.91. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $72.29 and a 12 month high of $79.28.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a dividend of $0.3274 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 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.