Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Raises Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 2.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 456,427 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,556 shares during the quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $36,391,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 5,170,864 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 19,425,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,548,832,000 after buying an additional 260,009 shares during the last quarter. Prudential PLC boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 1,063,112 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 67,797 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 2,127,325 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VCSH opened at $78.91 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $79.07 and its two-hundred day moving average is $79.49. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $78.60 and a fifty-two week high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.2965 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.5%. This is an increase 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 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.