Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Shares Purchased by Ascent Group LLC

Ascent Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 21.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 13,005 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,332 shares during the quarter. Ascent Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $1,056,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 333.3% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 77,332 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,050,000 after purchasing an additional 59,484 shares during the period. Cetera Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 13,056 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,021,000 after acquiring an additional 839 shares during the period. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $421,000. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $6,167,000. Finally, Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 21.4% during the second quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 81,384 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,174,000 after acquiring an additional 14,336 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

VCLT opened at $78.44 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $78.43 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $78.25. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $73.21 and a 1-year high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.3375 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.33.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF 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.