Cerity Partners LLC Boosts Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 12.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,742,393 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 186,055 shares during the quarter. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $138,921,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 69,198,328 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,531,022,000 after purchasing an additional 5,170,864 shares during the last quarter. Prudential PLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.6% during the fourth quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 13,488,580 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,075,444,000 after purchasing an additional 1,063,112 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 5,363,895 shares of the company’s stock worth $427,663,000 after purchasing an additional 67,797 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 100.0% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,254,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $338,199,000 after purchasing an additional 2,127,325 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.1% during the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,642,355 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,133,000 after purchasing an additional 240,201 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of VCSH stock opened at $78.63 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $79.09 and a 200 day moving average price of $79.51. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $78.60 and a 1 year high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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