Raymond James & Associates Cuts Stock Position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Raymond James & Associates trimmed its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 0.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 182,533 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 330 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates owned 0.10% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $14,827,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VCLT. Francis Financial Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 433.0% in the 1st quarter. Francis Financial Inc. now owns 139,107 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,882,000 after buying an additional 113,007 shares in the last quarter. Refined Wealth Management lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5.4% in the first quarter. Refined Wealth Management now owns 101,232 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,919,000 after acquiring an additional 5,215 shares in the last quarter. Marmo Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $3,389,000. SWAN Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 13.1% during the first quarter. SWAN Capital LLC now owns 143,813 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $11,251,000 after purchasing an additional 16,683 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Private Advisor Group LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 108.1% during the first quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 10,118 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $792,000 after purchasing an additional 5,257 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VCLT stock opened at $77.47 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $68.10 and a fifty-two week high of $82.63. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $80.21 and its two-hundred day moving average is $77.76.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32.

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.