Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. Takes $223,000 Position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH)

Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 2,878 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $223,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Prudential PLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.2% in the third quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 24,490,101 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,840,431,000 after buying an additional 1,439,791 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 23,754.1% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 14,532,843 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,092,143,000 after buying an additional 14,471,919 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 75.2% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,460,295 shares of the company’s stock valued at $635,792,000 after buying an additional 3,630,843 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.8% in the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 7,991,429 shares of the company’s stock valued at $600,556,000 after buying an additional 507,400 shares during the period. Finally, UBS Group AG increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 6.8% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 4,991,822 shares of the company’s stock valued at $375,135,000 after buying an additional 315,693 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

NASDAQ VCSH traded up $0.04 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $76.57. 2,851,153 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,850,992. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $76.94 and a 200 day simple moving average of $76.60. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $74.43 and a 1-year high of $77.72.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.2479 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.23.

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.