Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT Shares Purchased by Sanctuary Advisors LLC

Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 3.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 594,398 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 21,885 shares during the quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $44,413,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 20.6% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,121,846 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $85,148,000 after purchasing an additional 191,387 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 55.6% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 146,574 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $11,125,000 after purchasing an additional 52,404 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 542,428 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $41,170,000 after purchasing an additional 1,523 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.5% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,389,158 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $181,337,000 after purchasing an additional 11,002 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 21.0% in the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 7,704 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $585,000 after purchasing an additional 1,335 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VCLT opened at $73.16 on Wednesday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $72.92 and a 12-month high of $79.28. The company’s 50-day moving average is $74.71 and its two-hundred day moving average is $75.42.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a $0.3422 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

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. 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.