Principal Financial Group Inc. Has $17.69 Million Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 1.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 217,819 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,159 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. owned about 0.12% of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $17,693,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VCLT. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 10.0% in the first quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 8,153 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $638,000 after buying an additional 743 shares during the period. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 57.1% during the 1st quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 4,718 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $369,000 after acquiring an additional 1,715 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.8% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,175,772 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $326,671,000 after acquiring an additional 302,950 shares in the last quarter. Fiducient Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 14.7% in the 1st quarter. Fiducient Advisors LLC now owns 399,768 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $31,274,000 after purchasing an additional 51,378 shares during the period. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 57.9% in the first quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 421,566 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,978,000 after purchasing an additional 154,517 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $76.64 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $72.06 and a twelve month high of $82.63. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $79.51 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $78.03.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were given a $0.3375 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.33. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

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.