Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT Shares Purchased by Checchi Capital Advisers LLC

Checchi Capital Advisers LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 46.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 41,133 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,053 shares during the quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $3,194,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of VCLT. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 391,113 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $30,370,000 after purchasing an additional 54,148 shares in the last quarter. NYL Investors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. NYL Investors LLC now owns 629,928 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $48,914,000 after purchasing an additional 4,299 shares during the period. Silphium Asset Management Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $6,212,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 43.9% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 78,048 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,036,000 after buying an additional 23,812 shares in the last quarter. Finally, United Community Bank grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 854.7% during the third quarter. United Community Bank now owns 1,117 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $87,000 after buying an additional 1,000 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.0%

VCLT opened at $75.82 on Wednesday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $70.61 and a fifty-two week high of $79.28. The company has a fifty day moving average of $76.43 and a two-hundred day moving average of $76.74.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd will be paid a $0.3456 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.5%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 2nd.

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.