Principal Securities Inc. Acquires 33,909 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Principal Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 18.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 220,883 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 33,909 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $17,611,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% in the 3rd 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 last quarter. Prudential PLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.6% in the 4th quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 13,488,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,075,444,000 after acquiring an additional 1,063,112 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 5,363,895 shares of the company’s stock valued at $427,663,000 after acquiring an additional 67,797 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake 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 acquiring an additional 2,127,325 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its stake 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 acquiring an additional 240,201 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of VCSH opened at $78.93 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $78.60 and a 52 week high of $80.26. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $79.07 and a 200-day moving average of $79.49.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.