Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – What’s Next?

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) saw strong trading volume on Wednesday . 913,296 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 33% from the previous session’s volume of 1,365,409 shares.The stock last traded at $73.59 and had previously closed at $73.67.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

The company’s 50 day moving average price is $76.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $78.19.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.3563 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.34. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

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

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Johns Hopkins University boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% in the second quarter. Johns Hopkins University now owns 5,290,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $401,328,000 after purchasing an additional 53,555 shares during the last quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd now owns 2,243,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $182,269,000 after purchasing an additional 49,278 shares during the period. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.8% in the 3rd quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,425,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $115,753,000 after buying an additional 413,000 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.5% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,199,131 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $97,405,000 after buying an additional 461,290 shares during the period. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 255,209.3% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 661,251 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $53,713,000 after buying an additional 660,992 shares during the last quarter.

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.