Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) saw a large decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,976,680 shares, a decrease of 36.8% from the February 26th total of 6,294,854 shares. Approximately 0.8% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 6,606,982 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of VCSH. Imprint Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter worth $26,000. Optima Capital LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Camelot Portfolios LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Jessup Wealth Management Inc acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth about $33,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.3%

NASDAQ VCSH opened at $78.81 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $77.58 and a 12 month high of $80.26. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $79.71 and a 200 day simple moving average of $79.78.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Announces Dividend

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

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.