Mason & Associates Inc Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Mason & Associates Inc boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 2.9% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 229,931 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,505 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF accounts for approximately 3.5% of Mason & Associates Inc’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest position. Mason & Associates Inc’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $18,174,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 71,249,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,680,745,000 after purchasing an additional 2,051,450 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 19,425,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,548,832,000 after buying an additional 260,009 shares during the last quarter. Prudential PLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.6% in the fourth quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 13,488,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,075,444,000 after buying an additional 1,063,112 shares during the period. Nepc LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 15.0% in the fourth quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 5,763,304 shares of the company’s stock valued at $459,508,000 after buying an additional 752,893 shares during the period. Finally, UBS Group AG lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 5,363,895 shares of the company’s stock valued at $427,663,000 after buying an additional 67,797 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

VCSH stock opened at $78.69 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $78.54 and a twelve month high of $80.26. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $78.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is $79.36.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a $0.2876 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.4%.

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.