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.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund

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

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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