Sovereign Financial Group Inc. Lowers Position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH)

Sovereign Financial Group Inc. decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 3.0% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 14,845 shares of the company’s stock after selling 457 shares during the period. Sovereign Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $1,158,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sharper & Granite LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Sharper & Granite LLC now owns 80,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,277,000 after purchasing an additional 2,205 shares during the period. Cypress Financial Planning LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.9% during the 4th quarter. Cypress Financial Planning LLC now owns 292,900 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,849,000 after buying an additional 21,486 shares in the last quarter. Graves Light Lenhart Wealth Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.7% during the fourth quarter. Graves Light Lenhart Wealth Inc. now owns 271,651 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,192,000 after acquiring an additional 9,755 shares during the last quarter. IMZ Advisory Inc boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. IMZ Advisory Inc now owns 96,302 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,513,000 after acquiring an additional 2,915 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Signal Advisors Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC now owns 9,828 shares of the company’s stock worth $767,000 after purchasing an additional 466 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VCSH opened at $77.78 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $76.27 and a one year high of $79.54. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $78.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $78.41.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.2798 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.26. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

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.