Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,220,000 shares, an increase of 52.4% from the January 15th total of 6,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,551,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VCLT stock opened at $75.51 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $75.44 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.83. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $72.86 and a fifty-two week high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.3447 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Brookstone Capital Management raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 39.2% during the 4th quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 6,865 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $513,000 after purchasing an additional 1,933 shares in the last quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 9.2% during the 4th quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 3,348 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $250,000 after acquiring an additional 282 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake 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 purchasing an additional 487 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.4% during the 3rd quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,231 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $344,000 after acquiring an additional 1,218 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 115.8% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 70,354 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,716,000 after purchasing an additional 37,751 shares during the period.

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.