Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT Stake Increased by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 180.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 334,453 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 215,379 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $25,368,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VCLT. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 20.6% in 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. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 55.6% during the second 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 during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.3% during the second 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 during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.5% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,389,158 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $181,337,000 after purchasing an additional 11,002 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 21.0% in the second quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 7,704 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $585,000 after purchasing an additional 1,335 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VCLT opened at $74.48 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $74.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $75.91. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $72.29 and a 52-week high of $79.28.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Investors of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a dividend of $0.3274 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 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.