BNP Paribas Acquires 27,753 Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

BNP Paribas grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 2,775,300.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 27,754 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 27,753 shares during the quarter. BNP Paribas’ holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $2,254,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VCLT. Prudential PLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 139.6% during the second quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 35,808,945 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,716,467,000 after buying an additional 20,861,365 shares in the last quarter. Johns Hopkins University lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. Johns Hopkins University now owns 5,290,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $401,328,000 after purchasing an additional 53,555 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.8% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,175,772 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $326,671,000 after purchasing an additional 302,950 shares during the last quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.2% during the third quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd now owns 2,243,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $182,269,000 after purchasing an additional 49,278 shares during the period. Finally, Angeles Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.8% during the third quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,425,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $115,753,000 after purchasing an additional 413,000 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $77.92 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $78.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $78.17. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $73.21 and a 1-year high of $82.63.

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 dividend of $0.3375 per share. 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.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

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.