Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Raises Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 11.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 100,653 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,481 shares during the quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $8,025,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 6,746 shares of the company’s stock valued at $539,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC now owns 10,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $857,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Csenge Advisory Group boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 6,998 shares of the company’s stock valued at $558,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares in the last quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,137 shares of the company’s stock valued at $330,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 8,978 shares of the company’s stock valued at $716,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of VCSH stock opened at $78.93 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $79.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price 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 company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2965 per share. 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. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.5%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

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.