Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Shares Purchased by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 3.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 91,428 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,918 shares during the quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $6,837,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brookstone Capital Management boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 39.2% during the 4th quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 6,865 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $513,000 after acquiring an additional 1,933 shares in the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 28.2% in the 4th quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 1,913 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $143,000 after purchasing an additional 421 shares during the period. Mutual Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 9.2% during the fourth quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 3,348 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $250,000 after purchasing an additional 282 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 115.8% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 70,354 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,716,000 after purchasing an additional 37,751 shares during the period. Finally, Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 28.6% in the fourth quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,908 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $292,000 after buying an additional 870 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VCLT opened at $76.12 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $75.89 and its 200-day moving average price is $76.85. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $72.86 and a 1 year high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were given a $0.3544 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 1st. This represents a $4.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.59%.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company 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.