Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH Shares Bought by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 80.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 286,134 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 127,679 shares during the quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans owned 0.06% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $22,820,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% in the 3rd 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. UBS Group AG increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 5,363,895 shares of the company’s stock worth $427,663,000 after acquiring an additional 67,797 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased 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 worth $338,199,000 after acquiring an additional 2,127,325 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.1% in the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,642,355 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,133,000 after acquiring an additional 240,201 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,449,814 shares of the company’s stock worth $275,054,000 after acquiring an additional 137,383 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $78.79 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $79.21 and its 200-day simple moving average is $79.61. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $78.58 and a fifty-two week high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Investors of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a $0.2906 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company 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.