Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Plans Dividend of $0.33

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) declared a dividend on Wednesday, April 29th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.3274 per share by the exchange traded fund on Tuesday, May 5th. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 1st.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of VCLT stock traded down $0.09 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $74.52. 2,716,117 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,014,812. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $71.52 and a twelve month high of $79.28. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $75.32 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.33.

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

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VCLT. Allianz SE bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth $183,255,000. Country Trust Bank bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $150,058,000. Millennium Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $94,119,000. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 342.9% during the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 1,214,290 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,290,000 after acquiring an additional 940,100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth $41,145,000.

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. 10+ Year Corporate Index (the Index). This index includes the United States dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility and financial companies, with maturities greater than 10 years.