Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Has $2.67 Million Stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 89.1% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 32,919 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,515 shares during the quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $2,674,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. PSI Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 71.4% in the 3rd quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 437 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares during the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 73.5% during the second quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 484 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 205 shares during the last quarter. SouthState Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $37,000. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $38,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8,116.7% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 493 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 487 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VCLT opened at $77.92 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $78.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $78.17. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $73.21 and a one year high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.3375 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.33.

About Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

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.