Flputnam Investment Management Co. Sells 3,650 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Flputnam Investment Management Co. decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 5.1% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 67,951 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,650 shares during the quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $5,364,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VCSH. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 18.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 61,050,360 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,762,539,000 after buying an additional 9,313,379 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1,404.8% during the 1st quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,176,770 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,774,000 after buying an additional 2,965,656 shares in the last quarter. Vista Cima Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 49,316.8% during the 1st quarter. Vista Cima Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,033,008 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,486,000 after buying an additional 2,028,894 shares in the last quarter. Prudential PLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 9.7% during the 1st quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 20,869,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,647,447,000 after buying an additional 1,844,380 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 38.4% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,521,548 shares of the company’s stock worth $199,051,000 after buying an additional 699,137 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

VCSH opened at $79.87 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $77.58 and a 12-month high of $79.87. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $79.37 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.92.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 1st were given a dividend of $0.2972 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.26.

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.