Evanson Asset Management LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Evanson Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 72.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 16,050 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,722 shares during the quarter. Evanson Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $1,280,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $252,000. Millennium Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.4% in the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 68,589 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,414,000 after purchasing an additional 4,096 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 9.7% in the second quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 6,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $544,000 after purchasing an additional 606 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 146.6% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,974,971 shares of the company’s stock valued at $236,510,000 after purchasing an additional 1,768,572 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5.3% during the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 481,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,252,000 after purchasing an additional 24,121 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

VCSH stock opened at $78.99 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $79.75 and its two-hundred day moving average is $79.80. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $77.58 and a 52-week high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.2703 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.1%.

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.