Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCIT) Short Interest Down 15.5% in December

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCIT) saw a large decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 16,380,000 shares, a decrease of 15.5% from the December 15th total of 19,390,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,498,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. now owns 37,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,031,000 after acquiring an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Verde Capital Management boosted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 14.9% during the 4th quarter. Verde Capital Management now owns 90,067 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,230,000 after purchasing an additional 11,705 shares during the last quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,695 shares of the company’s stock worth $457,000 after buying an additional 169 shares in the last quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC now owns 189,182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,186,000 after buying an additional 7,232 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Endeavor Private Wealth Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $141,000.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.0 %

Shares of VCIT stock traded up $0.04 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $80.23. 4,940,990 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,703,517. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $80.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of $81.74. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.80 and a fifty-two week high of $84.25.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a dividend of $0.3119 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.30. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index, a subset of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. The Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index measures the investment return of U.S.