Francis Financial Inc. Increases Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Francis Financial Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 433.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 139,107 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 113,007 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF makes up approximately 3.5% of Francis Financial Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest position. Francis Financial Inc. owned approximately 0.13% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $10,882,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Johns Hopkins University raised its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6,307.2% during the third quarter. Johns Hopkins University now owns 5,029,402 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,206,000 after acquiring an additional 4,950,906 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.9% in the third quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 2,258,292 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $161,738,000 after purchasing an additional 63,838 shares during the last quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $137,698,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2,134.0% in the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,379,238 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $110,546,000 after purchasing an additional 1,317,500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Truist Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.6% in the third quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 1,232,128 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $88,245,000 after purchasing an additional 6,900 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of VCLT stock opened at $75.86 on Monday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $67.47 and a 12-month high of $81.11. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $76.01 and its 200-day moving average price is $77.24.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 3rd were issued a $0.3183 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 3rd.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company 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.