Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Stock Position Boosted by 4Thought Financial Group Inc.

4Thought Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 0.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 45,414 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 214 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF comprises 2.3% of 4Thought Financial Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 17th biggest position. 4Thought Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $3,689,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Francis Financial Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 433.0% during the first quarter. Francis Financial Inc. now owns 139,107 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,882,000 after purchasing an additional 113,007 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8,116.7% during the 3rd 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 during the period. SouthState Corp bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $37,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.4% in the first quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 246,693 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $19,299,000 after buying an additional 19,216 shares during the period. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 57.9% during the first quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 421,566 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $32,978,000 after buying an additional 154,517 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VCLT traded down $0.32 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $77.47. 1,849,200 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,338,962. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $80.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.76. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $68.10 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 Thursday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a $0.3255 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32.

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.