Boston Family Office LLC Trims Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Boston Family Office LLC lowered its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 2.5% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 74,496 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,947 shares during the quarter. Boston Family Office LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $5,756,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in BSV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 20.9% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,903,564 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,078,839,000 after acquiring an additional 4,647,759 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 16,322,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,261,231,000 after purchasing an additional 1,121,941 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.9% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 13,649,853 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,055,680,000 after purchasing an additional 1,455,100 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 17.5% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 7,059,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $545,523,000 after buying an additional 1,050,028 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Truepoint Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 6,262,742 shares of the company’s stock worth $483,922,000 after buying an additional 248,778 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of BSV stock opened at $78.28 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $77.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $77.70. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $75.72 and a 52-week high of $79.02.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.2474 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index).