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

Globe Life Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 40.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 474,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 136,000 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF accounts for approximately 10.9% of Globe Life Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Globe Life Inc. owned 0.37% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $35,996,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Chesapeake Capital Corp IL bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,564,000. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 32.8% during the fourth quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 44,645 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,578,000 after buying an additional 11,017 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. now owns 89,396 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,165,000 after acquiring an additional 1,116 shares in the last quarter. Francis Financial Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 433.0% in the first quarter. Francis Financial Inc. now owns 139,107 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,882,000 after acquiring an additional 113,007 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Heartland Consultants Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 10.1% in the fourth quarter. First Heartland Consultants Inc. now owns 4,363 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $350,000 after acquiring an additional 402 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $79.52 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $78.03 and its 200-day moving average is $76.97. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $67.47 and a fifty-two week high of $81.11.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd will be paid a $0.3255 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 3rd.

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.