Gould Asset Management LLC CA Trims Position in Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF (BATS:VCEB)

Gould Asset Management LLC CA lessened its stake in shares of Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF (BATS:VCEB) by 52.8% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,275 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,670 shares during the quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA’s holdings in Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF were worth $208,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,304,457 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,472,000 after buying an additional 68,847 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 41.7% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 170,784 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,143,000 after buying an additional 50,221 shares in the last quarter. DeDora Capital Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 61.7% during the 4th quarter. DeDora Capital Inc. now owns 132,440 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,394,000 after acquiring an additional 50,524 shares during the last quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management boosted its position in shares of Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 92,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,506,000 after acquiring an additional 880 shares during the last quarter. Finally, RWA Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 5.0% during the 4th quarter. RWA Wealth Partners LLC now owns 86,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,467,000 after acquiring an additional 4,142 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of VCEB traded up $0.16 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $61.08. 9,378 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $62.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $61.64.

Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a dividend of $0.23 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.22.

Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF (VCEB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg MSCI US Corp SRI Select index. The fund tracks an index of US investment-grade corporate bonds of varying maturities, selected based on certain ESG traits provided by MSCI ESG research. VCEB was launched on Sep 22, 2020 and is managed by Vanguard.