Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Sees Large Volume Increase – What’s Next?

Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) saw strong trading volume on Wednesday . 913,296 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 33% from the previous session’s volume of 1,365,409 shares.The stock last traded at $73.59 and had previously closed at $73.67.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

The company’s 50-day moving average price is $76.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $78.19.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.3563 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.34. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 255,209.3% in the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 661,251 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $53,713,000 after buying an additional 660,992 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.5% during 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 last quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.8% during the 3rd quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,425,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $115,753,000 after purchasing an additional 413,000 shares in the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 206.5% in the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 432,910 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $33,209,000 after purchasing an additional 291,646 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Benjamin Edwards Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1,479.4% in the third quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 291,122 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $23,648,000 after purchasing an additional 272,690 shares in the last quarter.

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.