Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH Shares Sold by Alesco Advisors LLC

Alesco Advisors LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 19.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 46,706 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,987 shares during the quarter. Alesco Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $3,724,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Coyle Financial Counsel LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 12.8% during the 3rd quarter. Coyle Financial Counsel LLC now owns 291,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,319,000 after purchasing an additional 33,074 shares in the last quarter. Gradient Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter. Gradient Capital Advisors LLC now owns 160,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,795,000 after purchasing an additional 13,744 shares in the last quarter. Goodman Financial Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% during the 3rd quarter. Goodman Financial Corp now owns 361,738 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,914,000 after purchasing an additional 26,951 shares in the last quarter. Florin Court Capital LLP grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 29.9% during the 3rd quarter. Florin Court Capital LLP now owns 93,804 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,498,000 after purchasing an additional 21,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capstone Capital LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.2% during the 4th quarter. Capstone Capital LLC now owns 150,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,998,000 after purchasing an additional 10,080 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

VCSH opened at $79.42 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $79.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $79.70. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $78.46 and a twelve month high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF 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.