Short Interest in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund (NASDAQ:VTC) Increases By 1,206.7%

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund (NASDAQ:VTC) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 19,600 shares, an increase of 1,206.7% from the January 15th total of 1,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 65,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Stock Down 0.6 %

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund stock traded down $0.49 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $75.50. 15,512 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 67,609. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $76.10 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.30. Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund has a one year low of $73.95 and a one year high of $79.92.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.3019 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Hilltop Holdings Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund in the 3rd quarter worth $438,000. Raine Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund in the 3rd quarter worth $4,901,000. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 9.0% in the 3rd quarter. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 19,124 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,467,000 after acquiring an additional 1,582 shares during the last quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 26.1% in the 3rd quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P now owns 79,870 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,334,000 after acquiring an additional 16,535 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC now owns 912,675 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,375,000 after acquiring an additional 6,844 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Company Profile

The Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF (VTC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond index. The fund is a fund-of-funds. It tracks an index designed to provide exposure to investment-grade US corporate bonds with broad maturities. VTC was launched on Nov 7, 2017 and is managed by Vanguard.