Focus Partners Wealth Increases Position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Focus Partners Wealth lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 42.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,355,733 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 405,126 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth owned approximately 0.27% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $108,093,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VCSH. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 69,198,328 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,531,022,000 after buying an additional 5,170,864 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 100.0% in the 2nd 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 during the last quarter. South Dakota Investment Council purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $130,625,000. Prudential PLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.6% in the 4th quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 13,488,580 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,075,444,000 after buying an additional 1,063,112 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 163.5% in the 4th quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,007,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,291,000 after buying an additional 624,795 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VCSH opened at $78.91 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $78.60 and a twelve month high of $80.26. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $79.07 and its 200-day moving average price is $79.48.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a $0.2965 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29.

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.