Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Acquires New Shares in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans acquired a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 68,466 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $5,220,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury grew its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.9% in the 2nd quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 2,827,927 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $214,640,000 after buying an additional 107,304 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 14.2% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,728,943 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $211,902,000 after purchasing an additional 339,785 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 342.9% in the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 1,214,290 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,290,000 after purchasing an additional 940,100 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $94,119,000. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 20.6% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,121,846 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $85,148,000 after purchasing an additional 191,387 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VCLT opened at $74.18 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $74.69 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $75.92. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $71.52 and a one year high of $79.28.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 1st were issued a $0.3274 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 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. 10+ Year Corporate Index (the Index). This index includes the United States dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility and financial companies, with maturities greater than 10 years.