Janus Henderson Group PLC Lowers Stock Position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

Janus Henderson Group PLC reduced its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 58.8% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,901 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 8,431 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $441,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.2% during the 4th quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 3,112,025 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $237,167,000 after buying an additional 235,758 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 14.2% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,728,943 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $211,902,000 after acquiring an additional 339,785 shares during the last quarter. Allianz SE purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $183,255,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,719,661 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $130,436,000 after acquiring an additional 57,497 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 1,265,890 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $96,018,000 after acquiring an additional 51,600 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

VCLT stock opened at $71.73 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $73.94 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $74.93. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $71.71 and a 1-year high of $79.28.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.3502 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.9%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.34.

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.