Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund (NASDAQ:VTC) Short Interest Down 68.9% in December

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund (NASDAQ:VTC) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,000 shares, a decline of 68.9% from the December 15th total of 32,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 55,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Price Performance

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund stock opened at $74.74 on Tuesday. Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund has a fifty-two week low of $73.95 and a fifty-two week high of $79.92. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $76.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $77.36.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.3097 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund’s previous dividend of $0.26.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Wedmont Private Capital lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 13.6% in the 4th quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 919,993 shares of the company’s stock valued at $68,917,000 after purchasing an additional 110,469 shares in the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 29.2% during the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 61,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,698,000 after buying an additional 13,849 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 1.2% during the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 277,852 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,034,000 after buying an additional 3,398 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its position in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 2.9% during the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 20,266 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,607,000 after acquiring an additional 566 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raine Group LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $4,901,000.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Company Profile

The Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF (VTC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond index. The fund is a fund-of-funds. It tracks an index designed to provide exposure to investment-grade US corporate bonds with broad maturities. VTC was launched on Nov 7, 2017 and is managed by Vanguard.