Blue Trust Inc. Buys 11,338 Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 68.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 27,898 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,338 shares during the quarter. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $2,116,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Prudential PLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 139.6% in the 2nd quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 35,808,945 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,716,467,000 after purchasing an additional 20,861,365 shares during the period. Johns Hopkins University raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% in the second quarter. Johns Hopkins University now owns 5,290,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $401,328,000 after buying an additional 53,555 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.8% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,175,772 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $326,671,000 after buying an additional 302,950 shares during the period. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 37.9% during the second quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,012,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $76,770,000 after buying an additional 278,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.3% in the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 529,904 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,199,000 after acquiring an additional 152,204 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.3 %

NASDAQ:VCLT opened at $78.95 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $67.47 and a twelve month high of $82.63. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $80.37 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $77.72.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.3255 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32.

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.