Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT Shares Purchased by Victory Financial Group LLC

Victory Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 33.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 74,570 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,618 shares during the period. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF accounts for approximately 0.7% of Victory Financial Group LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest position. Victory Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $5,656,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 19,539.6% in the 2nd quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 59,297,124 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,500,652,000 after purchasing an additional 58,995,198 shares in the last quarter. Country Trust Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $150,058,000. Millennium Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $94,119,000. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 342.9% in the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 1,214,290 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,290,000 after purchasing an additional 940,100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 14.2% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,728,943 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $211,902,000 after buying an additional 339,785 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VCLT opened at $74.72 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $75.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $76.70. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $70.61 and a fifty-two week high of $79.28.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.3181 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd.

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.