Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Has $2.67 Million Stock Position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 89.1% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 32,919 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 15,515 shares during the quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $2,674,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of VCLT. Prudential PLC raised its position in shares of 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 during the last quarter. Johns Hopkins University lifted its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 53,555 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 302,950 shares during the period. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.8% during the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.5% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,199,131 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $97,405,000 after purchasing an additional 461,290 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

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

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders 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.