Janus Henderson Group PLC Sells 8,431 Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

Janus Henderson Group PLC lowered its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 58.8% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 5,901 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 8,431 shares during the quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $441,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Allianz SE purchased a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $183,255,000. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth $94,119,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $41,145,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 296.3% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 681,612 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $50,930,000 after buying an additional 509,611 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 182.2% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 632,193 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $47,952,000 after buying an additional 408,177 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ VCLT opened at $71.73 on Tuesday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $71.71 and a one year high of $79.28. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $73.94 and its 200-day moving average price is $74.93.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.3502 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 5.9%. This is a boost from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.34. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF 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. 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.