Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 17.0% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 532,106 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 77,300 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $40,360,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VCLT. Guggenheim Capital LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 37.9% in the 2nd quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 121,048 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,188,000 after buying an additional 33,274 shares during the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5.3% during the second quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 357,866 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $27,162,000 after acquiring an additional 17,875 shares in the last quarter. Alesco Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth $2,384,000. Mechanics Bank Trust Department lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 73.6% in the third quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department now owns 44,558 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,460,000 after acquiring an additional 18,898 shares during the period. Finally, LeConte Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 74.3% in the third quarter. LeConte Wealth Management LLC now owns 132,437 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,284,000 after acquiring an additional 56,441 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.7%

NASDAQ:VCLT opened at $74.98 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $75.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $76.67. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $70.61 and a twelve month high of $79.28.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.3561 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.32.

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. 10+ Year Corporate Index (the Index). This index includes the United States dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility and financial companies, with maturities greater than 10 years.