Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH is Liquid Strategies LLC’s 2nd Largest Position

Liquid Strategies LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 649,777 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 29,156 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF comprises about 10.7% of Liquid Strategies LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Liquid Strategies LLC owned approximately 0.13% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $51,937,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VCSH. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.0% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 4,410,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $350,671,000 after buying an additional 1,688,808 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 100.0% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,254,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $338,199,000 after acquiring an additional 2,127,325 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.2% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,402,154 shares of the company’s stock valued at $270,471,000 after purchasing an additional 136,915 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 146.6% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,974,971 shares of the company’s stock valued at $236,510,000 after purchasing an additional 1,768,572 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.3% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,604,087 shares of the company’s stock worth $207,025,000 after purchasing an additional 82,539 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VCSH stock opened at $79.76 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $77.58 and a one year high of $80.15. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $79.74 and its 200-day moving average price is $79.67.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 18th were issued a dividend of $0.3005 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.30. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 18th.

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.