Sapient Capital LLC Purchases New Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Sapient Capital LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 7,919 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $626,000.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.1% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 75,626,302 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,994,897,000 after buying an additional 4,376,524 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 19,425,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,548,832,000 after acquiring an additional 260,009 shares during the period. Prudential PLC grew its position in 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. Nepc LLC grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 15.0% in the 4th quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 5,763,304 shares of the company’s stock valued at $459,508,000 after acquiring an additional 752,893 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG grew its position in 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.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.2%

VCSH stock opened at $78.49 on Tuesday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $78.36 and a twelve month high of $80.26. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.72 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $79.18.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd were paid a $0.299 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.6%. This is a boost 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.