BNP Paribas Financial Markets Has $48.16 Million Position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH)

BNP Paribas Financial Markets lessened its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 46.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 606,431 shares of the company’s stock after selling 519,122 shares during the quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets owned 0.13% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $48,163,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VCSH. Wulff Hansen & CO. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7,338.3% in the second quarter. Wulff Hansen & CO. now owns 1,470,543 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,644,000 after acquiring an additional 1,450,773 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 62.5% in the 2nd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 3,250,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $251,144,000 after purchasing an additional 1,250,000 shares during the period. BlueSky Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $51,324,000. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 197.9% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 661,589 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,147,000 after buying an additional 439,500 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3,013.2% during the 3rd quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 416,637 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,089,000 after buying an additional 403,254 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of VCSH stock opened at $78.51 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $78.16. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $76.05 and a one year high of $79.54.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company 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. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This represents a $3.29 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.19%.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Profile

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.