Ritholtz Wealth Management Buys Shares of 8,044 Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH)

Ritholtz Wealth Management purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 8,044 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $635,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of VCSH. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth $292,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 50.9% during the 1st quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 119,356 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,397,000 after acquiring an additional 40,269 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $232,000. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 9.5% in the 4th quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC now owns 718,732 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,068,000 after acquiring an additional 62,101 shares during the period. Finally, Addison Capital Co raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Addison Capital Co now owns 68,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,371,000 after acquiring an additional 595 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:VCSH opened at $78.94 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $78.71 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $78.49. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $76.92 and a twelve month high of $79.54.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Investors of record on Monday, June 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.297 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.28. This represents a $3.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.51%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 2nd.

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.