LPL Financial LLC Buys 66,477 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 2.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 3,412,035 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 66,477 shares during the quarter. LPL Financial LLC owned approximately 0.68% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $272,042,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VCSH. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 69,198,328 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,531,022,000 after purchasing an additional 5,170,864 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 100.0% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,254,070 shares of the company’s stock valued at $338,199,000 after purchasing an additional 2,127,325 shares during the period. Prudential PLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.6% in the fourth quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 13,488,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,075,444,000 after purchasing an additional 1,063,112 shares during the period. CWM LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 163.5% in the fourth quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,007,033 shares of the company’s stock valued at $80,291,000 after purchasing an additional 624,795 shares during the period. Finally, Axxcess Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 779.8% in the fourth quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 692,502 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,213,000 after purchasing an additional 613,794 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of VCSH opened at $78.72 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $78.60 and a fifty-two week high of $80.26. The company’s 50-day moving average is $79.09 and its 200-day moving average is $79.50.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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