Ascentis Independent Advisors Grows Position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

Ascentis Independent Advisors raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 120.0% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 25,872 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,112 shares during the period. Ascentis Independent Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $1,933,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VCLT. NBT Bank N A NY purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at about $4,105,000. HB Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the first quarter worth about $211,000. Baer Investment Advisory LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $3,742,000. World Investment Advisors bought a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $1,836,000. Finally, Sage Investment Counsel LLC grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.6% in the 1st quarter. Sage Investment Counsel LLC now owns 10,145 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $758,000 after purchasing an additional 805 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

NASDAQ:VCLT opened at $74.75 on Tuesday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $72.92 and a 52 week high of $79.28. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $74.87 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $75.53.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a $0.3422 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.5%.

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. 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.