Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Acquires 20,924 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCIT

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCIT) by 1.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,391,592 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 20,924 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF comprises 2.0% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th biggest holding. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned 0.18% of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $115,154,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VCIT. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 438.6% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 10,303,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $862,914,000 after purchasing an additional 8,390,355 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 22.4% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 24,048,406 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,014,054,000 after purchasing an additional 4,399,400 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 83,976,379 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,033,022,000 after purchasing an additional 3,339,026 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 84,849,444 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,106,141,000 after purchasing an additional 2,552,216 shares during the period. Finally, Nepc LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 37.8% in the fourth quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 6,093,365 shares of the company’s stock valued at $510,319,000 after purchasing an additional 1,670,078 shares during the period.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VCIT opened at $81.46 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $82.35 and a 200-day moving average of $83.13. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $81.43 and a 52-week high of $84.84.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a $0.3319 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index, a subset of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. The Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index measures the investment return of U.S. dollar denominated, investment-grade, fixed rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility, and financial companies with maturities between 5 and 10 years. Vanguard Group, Inc provides investment adisory services to the Fund.