C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. Acquires New Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 6,962 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 146.9% in the first quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 29,539 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,342,000 after buying an additional 17,577 shares during the last quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.0% during the 4th quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC now owns 881,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $70,343,000 after purchasing an additional 65,449 shares during the period. MIdWestOne Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 34.6% in the fourth quarter. MIdWestOne Financial Group Inc. now owns 178,381 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,222,000 after buying an additional 45,864 shares in the last quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 882,829 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,282,000 after purchasing an additional 21,577 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Caldwell Trust Co boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1,276.3% in the 4th quarter. Caldwell Trust Co now owns 9,359 shares of the company’s stock valued at $746,000 after buying an additional 8,679 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VCSH opened at $78.59 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $78.69 and its 200-day simple moving average is $79.10. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $78.36 and a fifty-two week high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.299 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.6%.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company 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.