Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCIT Holdings Boosted by Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE

Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE boosted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCIT) by 39.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 43,048 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,149 shares during the period. Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $3,605,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. M Holdings Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. M Holdings Securities Inc. now owns 19,386 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,624,000 after acquiring an additional 723 shares during the last quarter. Clarity Wealth Development LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 10.0% in the fourth quarter. Clarity Wealth Development LLC now owns 25,319 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,120,000 after buying an additional 2,311 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 252,137 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,117,000 after buying an additional 17,336 shares during the last quarter. Wellspring Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $321,000. Finally, Fortune Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $622,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

VCIT stock opened at $81.97 on Thursday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $81.43 and a 1 year high of $84.84. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $82.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $83.39.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a dividend of $0.3412 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.0%. This is a boost from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.33. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index, a subset of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. The Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index measures the investment return of U.S. dollar denominated, investment-grade, fixed rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility, and financial companies with maturities between 5 and 10 years. Vanguard Group, Inc provides investment adisory services to the Fund.