Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) Reaches New 1-Year High at $79.52

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $79.52 and last traded at $79.49, with a volume of 898855 shares. The stock had previously closed at $79.44.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.60 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $77.59.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.2627 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Public Sector Pension Investment Board boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 45.5% in the 4th quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 5,200,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $402,324,000 after buying an additional 1,625,000 shares during the period. Barings LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 14,389.8% in the 1st quarter. Barings LLC now owns 5,108,527 shares of the company’s stock valued at $394,940,000 after purchasing an additional 5,073,271 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,922,885 shares of the company’s stock valued at $380,588,000 after purchasing an additional 316,031 shares during the last quarter. Nepc LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 18.1% during the 1st quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 4,098,375 shares of the company’s stock worth $316,845,000 after buying an additional 627,993 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Carlson Capital Management raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter. Carlson Capital Management now owns 2,747,410 shares of the company’s stock worth $212,306,000 after buying an additional 112,080 shares in the last quarter.

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.