Advisory Alpha LLC Acquires 11,387 Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Advisory Alpha LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 470,707 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 11,387 shares during the period. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF accounts for 1.4% of Advisory Alpha LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th biggest position. Advisory Alpha LLC owned approximately 0.37% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $35,713,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. 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 worth $2,716,467,000 after buying an additional 20,861,365 shares during the period. Johns Hopkins University boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% in the 2nd 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 during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.8% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,175,772 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $326,671,000 after buying an additional 302,950 shares during the period. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 37.9% in the 2nd 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 during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings 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 valued at $40,199,000 after purchasing an additional 152,204 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VCLT opened at $81.23 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $79.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $77.47. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $67.47 and a one year high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.3255 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd.

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.