Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund (NASDAQ:VTC) Short Interest Down 68.9% in December

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund (NASDAQ:VTC) saw a significant decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,000 shares, a decline of 68.9% from the December 15th total of 32,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 55,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VTC opened at $74.74 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $76.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is $77.36. Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund has a fifty-two week low of $73.95 and a fifty-two week high of $79.92.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.3097 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. This is an increase from Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund’s previous dividend of $0.26.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wedmont Private Capital grew its position in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 13.6% during the 4th quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 919,993 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,917,000 after purchasing an additional 110,469 shares during the last quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 0.8% in the third quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC now owns 912,675 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,375,000 after purchasing an additional 6,844 shares during the period. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 711,694 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,437,000 after purchasing an additional 16,906 shares in the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC increased its position in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 277,852 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,034,000 after purchasing an additional 3,398 shares during the period. Finally, Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $11,083,000.

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.