Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,750,000 shares, a decline of 19.8% from the October 15th total of 7,170,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,478,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. PSI Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 71.4% in the 3rd quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 437 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares in the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 73.5% during the second quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 484 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 205 shares in the last quarter. SouthState Corp acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at $37,000. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the second quarter valued at $38,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8,116.7% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 493 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 487 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.0 %

Shares of VCLT opened at $76.62 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $72.77 and a 12 month high of $82.63. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $79.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $78.03.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.3375 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.33. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 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.