BCK Partners Inc. Buys 18,524 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

BCK Partners Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 3.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 554,016 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,524 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF comprises 23.9% of BCK Partners Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. BCK Partners Inc. owned approximately 0.11% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $44,172,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VCSH. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 69,198,328 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,531,022,000 after acquiring an additional 5,170,864 shares during the period. UBS Group AG increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.5% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 5,296,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $423,317,000 after acquiring an additional 24,693 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake 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 during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its stake 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 during the period. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5.0% in the third quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,312,431 shares of the company’s stock worth $264,763,000 after acquiring an additional 158,367 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.2%

VCSH opened at $79.37 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $78.46 and a fifty-two week high of $80.26. The company has a fifty day moving average of $79.49 and a two-hundred day moving average of $79.70.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were paid a dividend of $0.297 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.27.

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.