Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund (NASDAQ:VCLT – Get Rating) declared a monthly dividend on Wednesday, December 21st, Zacks reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 27th will be paid a dividend of 0.302 per share by the exchange traded fund on Thursday, December 29th. This represents a $3.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.62%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 23rd. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund's previous monthly dividend of $0.29.
Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund Price Performance
Shares of VCLT opened at $78.47 on Friday. The company's fifty day moving average is $75.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $78.66. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund has a 1 year low of $68.68 and a 1 year high of $107.14.
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Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Dai Ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. Dai Ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd now owns 3,112,450 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock worth $291,543,000 after purchasing an additional 30,816 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund by 8.9% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,571,725 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock worth $188,353,000 after purchasing an additional 209,529 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund by 1,795.9% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,099,537 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock worth $102,994,000 after purchasing an additional 1,041,541 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund by 532,130.5% during the 3rd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 888,825 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock worth $65,097,000 after purchasing an additional 888,658 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund by 126.2% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 682,754 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock worth $63,953,000 after purchasing an additional 380,879 shares during the period.
About Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
(Get Rating)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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