Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) Short Interest Up 15.6% in February

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 6,294,854 shares, a growth of 15.6% from the February 12th total of 5,443,905 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,566,631 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,566,631 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC now owns 10,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $857,000 after buying an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Running Point Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 15.5% during the fourth quarter. Running Point Capital Advisors LLC now owns 937 shares of the company’s stock worth $75,000 after buying an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 6,746 shares of the company’s stock worth $539,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares during the last quarter. Kuhn & Co Investment Counsel increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Kuhn & Co Investment Counsel now owns 17,117 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,361,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Csenge Advisory Group raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 6,998 shares of the company’s stock valued at $558,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.2%

NASDAQ VCSH opened at $79.34 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $77.58 and a 52 week high of $80.26. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $79.82 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $79.82.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a $0.2703 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

The Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of investment-grade, fixed-rate corporate bonds with maturities between 1 and 5 years. VCSH was launched on Nov 19, 2009 and is managed by Vanguard.