Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Buys 50,513 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 2.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,100,506 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 50,513 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC owned about 0.42% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $167,473,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC now owns 10,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $857,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares during the last quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% during the third quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 6,746 shares of the company’s stock valued at $539,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares during the last quarter. Csenge Advisory Group grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 6,998 shares of the company’s stock valued at $558,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.2% during the fourth quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,137 shares of the company’s stock valued at $330,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 8,978 shares of the company’s stock valued at $716,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of VCSH stock opened at $78.70 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $78.60 and a 52-week high of $80.26. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $79.08 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $79.50.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a $0.2965 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.5%. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

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.