Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Announces $0.27 Monthly Dividend

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) declared a monthly dividend on Wednesday, January 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 2nd will be given a dividend of 0.2658 per share on Wednesday, February 4th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 2nd.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:BSV traded up $0.04 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $78.93. The stock had a trading volume of 3,219,502 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,885,000. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $78.81. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $77.04 and a 1-year high of $79.21.

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). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.