Nisa Investment Advisors LLC Has $43.65 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lessened its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 30.0% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 575,421 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 246,258 shares during the period. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $43,651,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.8% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,175,772 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $326,671,000 after purchasing an additional 302,950 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2,134.0% during the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,379,238 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $110,546,000 after acquiring an additional 1,317,500 shares during the period. UBS Group AG lifted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 67.4% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 844,572 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $67,692,000 after acquiring an additional 339,978 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.8% in the 1st quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC now owns 459,320 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $35,939,000 after purchasing an additional 33,272 shares during the period. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 57.9% in the 1st quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 421,566 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $32,978,000 after purchasing an additional 154,517 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.5 %

Shares of VCLT stock traded up $0.37 on Monday, hitting $80.10. 1,608,998 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,277,300. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $67.47 and a fifty-two week high of $81.11. The business has a 50-day moving average of $77.33 and a 200 day moving average of $76.78.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, August 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 1st were paid a dividend of $0.3108 per share. This represents a $3.73 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.66%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29.

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.