Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) Sees Large Volume Increase – What’s Next?

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) shares saw unusually-high trading volume on Wednesday . Approximately 2,205,029 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 12% from the previous session’s volume of 2,517,111 shares.The stock last traded at $77.97 and had previously closed at $77.94.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is $78.38.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.2798 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.26. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VCSH. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 16.2% in the 2nd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 56,030 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,330,000 after acquiring an additional 7,800 shares in the last quarter. MGO One Seven LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 12.8% during the 2nd quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 38,621 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,984,000 after buying an additional 4,386 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.3% during the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,578,024 shares of the company’s stock worth $199,217,000 after buying an additional 152,540 shares in the last quarter. Y.D. More Investments Ltd lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 94.0% during the 2nd quarter. Y.D. More Investments Ltd now owns 805 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,000 after buying an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BOKF NA lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 156.6% during the 2nd quarter. BOKF NA now owns 1,819 shares of the company’s stock worth $141,000 after buying an additional 1,110 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.