Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,900,000 shares, an increase of 63.3% from the December 15th total of 3,000,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,437,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VCLT. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd now owns 2,243,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,269,000 after acquiring an additional 49,278 shares during the last quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.8% in the third quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,425,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $115,753,000 after purchasing an additional 413,000 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.5% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,199,131 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $97,405,000 after purchasing an additional 461,290 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 255,209.3% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 661,251 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $53,713,000 after buying an additional 660,992 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 11.2% during the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 658,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $53,482,000 after buying an additional 66,524 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.3 %

VCLT stock opened at $74.53 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $76.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $78.03. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $72.86 and a 12-month high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.3563 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.34.

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.