Brooks Moore & Associates Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Brooks Moore & Associates Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 107.8% 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 22,460 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,654 shares during the quarter. Brooks Moore & Associates Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $1,791,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 69,198,328 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,531,022,000 after purchasing an additional 5,170,864 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 100.0% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,254,070 shares of the company’s stock valued at $338,199,000 after purchasing an additional 2,127,325 shares in the last quarter. South Dakota Investment Council purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $130,625,000. Prudential PLC raised its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 1,063,112 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nepc LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 15.0% during the fourth quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 5,763,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $459,508,000 after acquiring an additional 752,893 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

VCSH stock opened at $78.71 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $78.60 and a one year high of $80.26. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $79.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $79.46.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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