Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH Position Boosted by Verus Capital Partners LLC

Verus Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 49.9% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 16,749 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,577 shares during the period. Verus Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $1,332,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VCSH. Prudential PLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 9.7% during the first quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 20,869,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,647,447,000 after acquiring an additional 1,844,380 shares during the period. Nepc LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 15.7% during the 1st quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 4,864,970 shares of the company’s stock valued at $384,041,000 after purchasing an additional 658,773 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.1% in the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,237,616 shares of the company’s stock worth $255,577,000 after purchasing an additional 185,476 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 3,224,830 shares of the company’s stock worth $254,568,000 after purchasing an additional 135,207 shares during the last quarter. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.9% during the first quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 2,722,148 shares of the company’s stock valued at $214,886,000 after purchasing an additional 221,426 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:VCSH opened at $79.65 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $79.87 and a 200-day moving average of $79.39. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $77.58 and a one year high of $80.15.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Monday, November 3rd were given a $0.2974 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 3rd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.5%.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

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.