Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Shares Bought by Berkeley Capital Partners LLC

Berkeley Capital Partners LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 3.1% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 189,347 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 5,686 shares during the period. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF makes up 3.9% of Berkeley Capital Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest holding. Berkeley Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $14,159,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.2% in the third quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd now owns 2,243,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,269,000 after buying an additional 49,278 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $162,069,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 11.2% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 658,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $53,482,000 after buying an additional 66,524 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $49,200,000. Finally, NYL Investors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. NYL Investors LLC now owns 614,200 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $45,930,000 after buying an additional 5,600 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VCLT opened at $76.62 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $75.53 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $77.32. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $72.86 and a one year high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.3032 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 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.