Patriot Investment Management Group Inc. Buys 15,319 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH

Patriot Investment Management Group Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 3.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 492,687 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,319 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF makes up approximately 2.5% of Patriot Investment Management Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Patriot Investment Management Group Inc. owned about 0.10% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $39,282,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 8.1% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 69,198,328 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,531,022,000 after purchasing an additional 5,170,864 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 5,296,098 shares of the company’s stock valued at $423,317,000 after purchasing an additional 24,693 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 100.0% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,254,070 shares of the company’s stock valued at $338,199,000 after purchasing an additional 2,127,325 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,642,355 shares of the company’s stock valued at $291,133,000 after purchasing an additional 240,201 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5.0% in the 3rd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,312,431 shares of the company’s stock valued at $264,763,000 after purchasing an additional 158,367 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $79.20 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $79.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $79.72. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $77.58 and a 1 year high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were paid a $0.297 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.27. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.5%.

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.