Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. Acquires 299,286 Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 1,909.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 314,961 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 299,286 shares during the quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. owned 0.37% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $25,244,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Aveo Capital Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.8% during the fourth quarter. Aveo Capital Partners LLC now owns 87,062 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,978,000 after acquiring an additional 5,580 shares during the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 38.1% in the fourth quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 22,499 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,803,000 after purchasing an additional 6,211 shares during the last quarter. Fiducient Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 20.9% in the fourth quarter. Fiducient Advisors LLC now owns 348,390 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $27,923,000 after purchasing an additional 60,227 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 17.0% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors now owns 3,850 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $309,000 after purchasing an additional 560 shares during the last quarter. Finally, RiverFront Investment Group LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 70.8% in the fourth quarter. RiverFront Investment Group LLC now owns 196,515 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,751,000 after purchasing an additional 81,452 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.7 %

NASDAQ:VCLT traded up $0.53 on Thursday, reaching $74.72. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,526,796 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,362,478. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $67.47 and a 1-year high of $81.11. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $76.41 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $76.12.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.323 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF 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.