Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH Shares Bought by Leavell Investment Management Inc.

Leavell Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 6.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 114,984 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 7,435 shares during the period. Leavell Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $9,191,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. III Capital Management purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $171,720,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings 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 valued at $338,199,000 after purchasing an additional 2,127,325 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 146.6% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,974,971 shares of the company’s stock valued at $236,510,000 after purchasing an additional 1,768,572 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.0% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 4,410,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $350,671,000 after buying an additional 1,688,808 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 490.8% during the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 897,252 shares of the company’s stock worth $71,717,000 after buying an additional 745,386 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VCSH opened at $79.76 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $77.58 and a 52-week high of $80.15. The business has a fifty day moving average of $79.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $79.68.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, December 18th were issued a $0.3005 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.30. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 18th.

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.