Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund (NASDAQ:VTC) Short Interest Down 60.3% in March

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund (NASDAQ:VTC) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,600 shares, a decrease of 60.3% from the February 28th total of 14,100 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 74,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VTC. Nepc LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 35.5% in the fourth quarter. Nepc LLC now owns 2,455,525 shares of the company’s stock worth $185,908,000 after acquiring an additional 642,813 shares during the period. Wedmont Private Capital lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 13.6% during the 4th quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 919,993 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,917,000 after purchasing an additional 110,469 shares in the last quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC now owns 916,624 shares of the company’s stock worth $69,398,000 after purchasing an additional 3,949 shares during the period. Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC now owns 722,809 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,644,000 after purchasing an additional 6,982 shares during the period. Finally, Axxcess Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 718,891 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,427,000 after buying an additional 7,197 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Stock Performance

Shares of VTC opened at $76.31 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $76.40 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $77.01. Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund has a 1 year low of $73.95 and a 1 year high of $79.92.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.2748 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond Fund Company Profile

The Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF (VTC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond index. The fund is a fund-of-funds. It tracks an index designed to provide exposure to investment-grade US corporate bonds with broad maturities. VTC was launched on Nov 7, 2017 and is managed by Vanguard.