Rockland Trust Co. Cuts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Rockland Trust Co. trimmed its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 24.3% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,859 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 3,170 shares during the period. Rockland Trust Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $748,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 33.1% during the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 569,098 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $42,557,000 after buying an additional 141,449 shares in the last quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV increased its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 37.2% in the fourth quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 29,147 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,180,000 after acquiring an additional 7,898 shares during the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 28.2% in the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 1,913 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $143,000 after acquiring an additional 421 shares during the last quarter. NYL Investors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. NYL Investors LLC now owns 614,200 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $45,930,000 after purchasing an additional 5,600 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 4Thought Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.7% in the 4th quarter. 4Thought Financial Group Inc. now owns 47,560 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,557,000 after purchasing an additional 2,146 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $74.32 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $70.61 and a 12 month high of $82.63. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $73.50 and its 200-day moving average price is $75.03.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 2nd were given a dividend of $0.3697 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.36. This represents a $4.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 2nd.

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.