Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 6,294,854 shares, an increase of 15.6% from the February 12th total of 5,443,905 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,566,631 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 4,566,631 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC now owns 10,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $857,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares during the period. Running Point Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 15.5% in the 4th quarter. Running Point Capital Advisors LLC now owns 937 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares during the period. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 6,746 shares of the company’s stock valued at $539,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares during the period. Kuhn & Co Investment Counsel raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Kuhn & Co Investment Counsel now owns 17,117 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,361,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Csenge Advisory Group raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 6,998 shares of the company’s stock valued at $558,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VCSH opened at $79.14 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $79.81 and a two-hundred day moving average of $79.81. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $77.58 and a 1 year high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a $0.2703 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd.

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.