Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. Increases Position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 28.6% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,908 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 870 shares during the period. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $292,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VCLT. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.2% in the 3rd 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 acquiring an additional 49,278 shares during the last quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.8% during the third quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,425,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $115,753,000 after purchasing an additional 413,000 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.5% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,199,131 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $97,405,000 after purchasing an additional 461,290 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 255,209.3% in the 3rd 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 period. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 11.2% during the 3rd 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.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $75.37 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $76.21 and a two-hundred day moving average of $78.04. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $72.86 and a 1 year high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued 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 was Tuesday, December 24th.

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.