Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC Trims Position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 6.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 427,649 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 30,500 shares during the quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $34,738,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VCLT. Compass Ion Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth about $719,000. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 68.5% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 27,898 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,116,000 after purchasing an additional 11,338 shares in the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 185.1% in the 3rd quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 9,363 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $761,000 after purchasing an additional 6,079 shares during the period. Prospect Financial Services LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 18.5% during the 3rd quarter. Prospect Financial Services LLC now owns 69,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,624,000 after buying an additional 10,794 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.7% during the third quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 4,950 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $402,000 after buying an additional 177 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VCLT opened at $77.78 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $80.34 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.75. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $67.47 and a fifty-two week high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.3255 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is an increase from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32.

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.