First Merchants Corp Sells 500 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

First Merchants Corp cut its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 12.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,634 shares of the company’s stock after selling 500 shares during the quarter. First Merchants Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $289,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Prudential PLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 9.7% during the first quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 20,869,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,647,447,000 after buying an additional 1,844,380 shares during the last quarter. Nepc LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 15.7% during the first quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 4,864,970 shares of the company’s stock valued at $384,041,000 after buying an additional 658,773 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.1% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,237,616 shares of the company’s stock valued at $255,577,000 after buying an additional 185,476 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.4% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 3,224,830 shares of the company’s stock valued at $254,568,000 after buying an additional 135,207 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1,404.8% during the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,176,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $250,774,000 after buying an additional 2,965,656 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of VCSH stock opened at $79.70 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $77.58 and a 12 month high of $80.14. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $79.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $79.16.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2904 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 1st.

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.