Meridian Wealth Management LLC Raises Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Meridian Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 14.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 92,336 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,446 shares during the quarter. Meridian Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $7,362,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 5,170,864 shares during the period. UBS Group AG grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.3% during the 4th 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 period. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 100.0% in the 2nd 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. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,642,355 shares of the company’s stock valued at $291,133,000 after purchasing an additional 240,201 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,449,814 shares of the company’s stock valued at $275,054,000 after purchasing an additional 137,383 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

VCSH stock opened at $79.08 on Tuesday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $78.46 and a 52 week high of $80.26. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $79.29 and its 200 day moving average price is $79.64.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.