Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH Shares Acquired by Patten & Patten Inc. TN

Patten & Patten Inc. TN lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 6.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 207,776 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,500 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF comprises 1.0% of Patten & Patten Inc. TN’s portfolio, making the stock its 24th largest position. Patten & Patten Inc. TN’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $16,566,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of 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 in the last quarter. UBS Group AG lifted its position in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.1% during the fourth quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,449,814 shares of the company’s stock worth $275,054,000 after purchasing an additional 137,383 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VCSH opened at $79.13 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $79.33 and its 200-day simple moving average is $79.65. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $78.46 and a 52 week high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st were given a dividend of $0.2906 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 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.