Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCIT) Shares Purchased by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCIT) by 13.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 852,990 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 101,878 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC owned 0.14% of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $68,469,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VCIT. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 92,783,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,447,768,000 after purchasing an additional 4,289,340 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $323,370,000. Life Planning Partners Inc increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7,732.2% during the fourth quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 2,308,083 shares of the company’s stock valued at $185,270,000 after purchasing an additional 2,278,614 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 47,196,763 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,952,729,000 after purchasing an additional 1,165,222 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Benjamin Edwards Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1,284.5% during the third quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 677,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,782,000 after purchasing an additional 629,019 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

VCIT stock opened at $80.95 on Thursday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $77.80 and a 1-year high of $84.26. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $80.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $81.64.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.2865 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

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.