Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) Shares Bought by Cypress Financial Planning LLC

Cypress Financial Planning LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 1.8% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 298,211 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,311 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF comprises 8.4% of Cypress Financial Planning LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest position. Cypress Financial Planning LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $23,541,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 18.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 61,050,360 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,762,539,000 after acquiring an additional 9,313,379 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 12.0% during the 4th quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 8,142,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $635,177,000 after acquiring an additional 874,756 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 5,568,019 shares of the company’s stock valued at $434,362,000 after acquiring an additional 28,507 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.2% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,431,628 shares of the company’s stock valued at $423,721,000 after acquiring an additional 317,430 shares during the period. Finally, Barings LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Barings LLC now owns 5,149,957 shares of the company’s stock valued at $401,748,000 after acquiring an additional 41,430 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VCSH opened at $79.03 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $76.81 and a 12 month high of $79.54. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $78.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $78.45.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, May 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 1st were paid a $0.2824 dividend. This represents a $3.39 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.29%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 1st.

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.