River & Mercantile LLC increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 503.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 49,276 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 41,107 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares comprises about 2.3% of River & Mercantile LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th biggest position. River & Mercantile LLC owned 0.09% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares worth $4,989,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares by 5.3% in the 1st quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC now owns 42,063 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,259,000 after purchasing an additional 2,133 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares by 6.6% in the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,527 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $357,000 after purchasing an additional 218 shares during the last quarter. Trust Co. of Virginia VA boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares by 7.7% during the 1st quarter. Trust Co. of Virginia VA now owns 40,687 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,120,000 after purchasing an additional 2,905 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares by 1.5% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA now owns 94,753 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,594,000 after purchasing an additional 1,390 shares during the last quarter. Finally, White Lighthouse Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares by 5.7% during the 1st quarter. White Lighthouse Investment Management Inc. now owns 83,250 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,429,000 after acquiring an additional 4,458 shares in the last quarter.
Shares of VCLT traded down $0.55 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $102.93. 2,731 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,120,016. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares has a twelve month low of $98.37 and a twelve month high of $113.29. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $102.56 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $105.76.
The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 4th were paid a $0.266 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 3rd. This represents a $3.19 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.10%.
About Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
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.
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