Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH Shares Bought by Strategic Financial Services Inc.

Strategic Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 10.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,166,674 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 109,976 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF makes up 4.3% of Strategic Financial Services Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Strategic Financial Services Inc. owned approximately 0.23% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $93,182,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VCSH. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth $252,000. Millennium Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.4% in the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 68,589 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,414,000 after acquiring an additional 4,096 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.5% in the second quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 19,321 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,536,000 after acquiring an additional 646 shares during the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.4% in the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 6,810 shares of the company’s stock worth $541,000 after acquiring an additional 226 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.6% in the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 37,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,019,000 after acquiring an additional 1,337 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VCSH opened at $79.04 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $78.58 and a fifty-two week high of $80.26. The business has a fifty day moving average of $79.13 and a 200-day moving average of $79.56.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st were issued a $0.2906 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 1st.

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.