Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Sells 11,100 Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lowered its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 74.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 11,100 shares during the period. Daiwa Securities Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $288,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VCLT. Prudential PLC grew its position 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 purchasing an additional 20,861,365 shares in the last quarter. Alerus Financial NA raised its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5,772.8% in the 1st quarter. Alerus Financial NA now owns 387,429 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $30,309,000 after acquiring an additional 380,832 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 67.4% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 844,572 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $67,692,000 after acquiring an additional 339,978 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.8% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,175,772 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $326,671,000 after purchasing an additional 302,950 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 395.0% in the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 332,497 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $26,650,000 after purchasing an additional 265,327 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.0 %

VCLT opened at $82.20 on Wednesday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $67.47 and a twelve month high of $82.63. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $79.03 and a 200 day simple moving average of $77.27.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.3255 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

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.