Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) Shares Sold by Diversified Portfolios Inc.

Diversified Portfolios Inc. cut its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 3.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 42,696 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,387 shares during the quarter. Diversified Portfolios Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $3,391,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Blair William & Co. IL raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.4% during the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 9,418 shares of the company’s stock valued at $728,000 after buying an additional 396 shares during the period. Kure Advisory LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.3% during the 1st quarter. Kure Advisory LLC now owns 58,671 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,536,000 after purchasing an additional 1,890 shares during the period. Cumberland Partners Ltd increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 30.0% during the 1st quarter. Cumberland Partners Ltd now owns 51,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,005,000 after purchasing an additional 11,950 shares during the last quarter. Kelman Lazarov Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Kelman Lazarov Inc. now owns 18,438 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,425,000 after buying an additional 367 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.9% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,922,885 shares of the company’s stock valued at $380,588,000 after buying an additional 316,031 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of VCSH traded up $0.02 during trading on Thursday, reaching $78.20. 1,388,383 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,565,592. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $78.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $78.05. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $75.51 and a twelve month high of $79.54.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a dividend of $0.2741 per share. This represents a $3.29 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.21%. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF 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.