West Paces Advisors Inc. Purchases New Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

West Paces Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 10,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $799,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Coyle Financial Counsel LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 12.8% during the third quarter. Coyle Financial Counsel LLC now owns 291,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,319,000 after acquiring an additional 33,074 shares during the last quarter. Gradient Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 9.4% in the third quarter. Gradient Capital Advisors LLC now owns 160,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,795,000 after buying an additional 13,744 shares in the last quarter. Goodman Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% in the third quarter. Goodman Financial Corp now owns 361,738 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,914,000 after buying an additional 26,951 shares in the last quarter. Florin Court Capital LLP grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 29.9% in the third quarter. Florin Court Capital LLP now owns 93,804 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,498,000 after buying an additional 21,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, American Money Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.8% in the third quarter. American Money Management LLC now owns 421,503 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,691,000 after buying an additional 11,562 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ VCSH opened at $79.24 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $77.58 and a twelve month high of $80.26. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $79.58 and a 200-day simple moving average of $79.73.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.