LPL Financial LLC Has $213.60 Million Position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH)

LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 4.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,689,527 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 111,503 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $213,602,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VCSH. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.9% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,922,885 shares of the company’s stock worth $380,588,000 after purchasing an additional 316,031 shares during the last quarter. Fairview Capital Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 17.9% in the first quarter. Fairview Capital Investment Management LLC now owns 150,737 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,653,000 after purchasing an additional 22,890 shares during the period. Manhattan West Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.2% in the first quarter. Manhattan West Asset Management LLC now owns 13,034 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,008,000 after purchasing an additional 764 shares during the period. Blue Edge Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.8% during the first quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 235,310 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,188,000 after buying an additional 6,435 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 15.0% in the first quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 274,862 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,250,000 after purchasing an additional 35,776 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $78.17 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.11. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $75.88 and a 1-year high of $79.54.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a $0.2741 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23. This represents a $3.29 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.21%.

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.