Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Increases Dividend to $0.27 Per Share

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, January 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.2743 per share on Wednesday, November 4th. This represents a $3.29 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 2nd. This is a 2.4% increase from Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.2680.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of BSV opened at $77.08 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $76.02 and a twelve month high of $79.32. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $76.78 and its 200-day moving average price is $77.83.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

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.