Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Has $217.11 Million Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 12.8% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,738,923 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 309,827 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF comprises approximately 3.8% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned 0.52% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $217,114,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.2%

VCSH stock opened at $78.46 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $78.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $79.35. 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. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were paid a dividend of $0.2876 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.4%.

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.