Citigroup Inc. Purchases 203,573 Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Citigroup Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 935.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 225,324 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 203,573 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $18,303,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Prudential PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 139.6% during the 2nd quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 35,808,945 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,716,467,000 after acquiring an additional 20,861,365 shares during the period. Johns Hopkins University lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% during the second quarter. Johns Hopkins University now owns 5,290,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $401,328,000 after purchasing an additional 53,555 shares during the period. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.8% during the third quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,425,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $115,753,000 after purchasing an additional 413,000 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.5% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,199,131 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $97,405,000 after purchasing an additional 461,290 shares during the period. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 255,209.3% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 661,251 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $53,713,000 after buying an additional 660,992 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.6 %

Shares of VCLT stock opened at $78.35 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.66 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 company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.3375 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.33.

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.