LPL Financial LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

LPL Financial LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 22.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 618,967 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 114,709 shares during the quarter. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $46,286,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. PSI Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 37.1% during the fourth quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 599 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 162 shares during the period. United Community Bank lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 444.4% during the 4th quarter. United Community Bank now owns 637 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 520 shares during the last quarter. Mainstream Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $52,000. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc grew its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 507.1% in the third quarter. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc now owns 1,196 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $97,000 after purchasing an additional 999 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Securities Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 28.2% in the fourth 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 in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

VCLT stock opened at $74.99 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $72.86 and a one year high of $82.63. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $75.76 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $77.15.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a $0.3032 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 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.