Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,790,000 shares, an increase of 19.8% from the March 31st total of 4,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,383,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VCLT stock opened at $74.08 on Wednesday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $67.47 and a 12-month high of $81.11. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $76.46 and its 200 day moving average is $76.14.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were paid a $0.3181 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of VCLT. Evolution Advisers Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $31,000. Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners bought a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Fortis Group Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 100.0% during the fourth quarter. Fortis Group Advisors LLC now owns 532 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 29.5% in the third quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 738 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 168 shares during the period.

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.