Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Shares Purchased by Benjamin Edwards Inc.

Benjamin Edwards Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 38.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 22,499 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,211 shares during the period. Benjamin Edwards Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $1,803,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Evolution Advisers Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter worth $31,000. Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners acquired a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $36,000. Fifth Third Bancorp grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 29.5% during the 3rd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 738 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 168 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $64,000.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VCLT traded up $0.45 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $74.64. 2,099,774 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,356,664. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $76.41 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $76.12. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $67.47 and a twelve month high of $81.11.

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. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 1st.

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.