Napier Financial LLC Purchases New Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Napier Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 145,683 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,615,000. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF accounts for about 2.9% of Napier Financial LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest position.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Coyle Financial Counsel LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 12.8% in the 3rd quarter. Coyle Financial Counsel LLC now owns 291,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,319,000 after buying an additional 33,074 shares during the last quarter. Goodman Financial Corp boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% in the 3rd quarter. Goodman Financial Corp now owns 361,738 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,914,000 after buying an additional 26,951 shares during the last quarter. Capstone Capital LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.2% in the 4th quarter. Capstone Capital LLC now owns 150,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,998,000 after buying an additional 10,080 shares during the last quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.0% in the 4th quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC now owns 881,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,343,000 after buying an additional 65,449 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Money Management LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. American Money Management LLC now owns 421,503 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,691,000 after buying an additional 11,562 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VCSH opened at $78.61 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $79.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $79.52. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $78.58 and a 1-year high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.