D.B. Root & Company LLC Purchases 344 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH)

D.B. Root & Company LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 0.6% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 56,174 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 344 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF makes up 1.5% of D.B. Root & Company LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 15th biggest holding. D.B. Root & Company LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $4,461,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Barings LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 14,389.8% in the 1st quarter. Barings LLC now owns 5,108,527 shares of the company’s stock valued at $394,940,000 after purchasing an additional 5,073,271 shares in the last quarter. Wulff Hansen & CO. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7,338.3% during the second quarter. Wulff Hansen & CO. now owns 1,470,543 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,644,000 after buying an additional 1,450,773 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.5% during the second quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 3,250,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $251,144,000 after buying an additional 1,250,000 shares during the last quarter. BlueSky Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the second quarter worth about $51,324,000. Finally, Nepc LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 18.1% in the 1st quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 4,098,375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $316,845,000 after acquiring an additional 627,993 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

VCSH opened at $78.12 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $78.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $77.99. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $75.10 and a 1 year 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. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2741 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23. This represents a $3.29 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 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.