Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH Shares Bought by Sterling Financial Planning Inc.

Sterling Financial Planning Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 19.5% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 55,601 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,073 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF makes up 1.3% of Sterling Financial Planning Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 23rd largest holding. Sterling Financial Planning Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $4,407,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VCSH. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 100.0% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,254,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $338,199,000 after buying an additional 2,127,325 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 71,249,778 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,680,745,000 after buying an additional 2,051,450 shares in the last quarter. South Dakota Investment Council acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $130,625,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $116,756,000. Finally, Prudential PLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.6% during the 4th quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 13,488,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,075,444,000 after acquiring an additional 1,063,112 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

VCSH opened at $78.72 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $78.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $79.32. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $78.45 and a fifty-two week high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2876 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

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.