Atwood & Palmer Inc. Sells 11,760 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH)

Atwood & Palmer Inc. cut its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 4.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 225,943 shares of the company’s stock after selling 11,760 shares during the period. Atwood & Palmer Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $17,626,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.2% in the 4th quarter. ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 6,636 shares of the company’s stock valued at $518,000 after acquiring an additional 445 shares during the last quarter. Pure Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 7.7% in the 4th quarter. Pure Financial Advisors LLC now owns 62,547 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,879,000 after purchasing an additional 4,447 shares during the period. Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors P.L.L.C. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 5.9% in the fourth quarter. Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors P.L.L.C. now owns 276,404 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,562,000 after purchasing an additional 15,483 shares during the last quarter. Breakwater Investment Management boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 67.1% during the fourth quarter. Breakwater Investment Management now owns 3,346 shares of the company’s stock valued at $261,000 after purchasing an additional 1,344 shares during the period. Finally, Zhang Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 354.1% in the fourth quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 183,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,312,000 after purchasing an additional 143,067 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.0 %

NASDAQ:VCSH opened at $78.13 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $78.18 and a 200 day moving average of $78.43. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $76.27 and a 52 week high of $79.54.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.