Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV Shares Acquired by Vawter Financial Ltd.

Vawter Financial Ltd. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 2,449.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 150,708 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 144,797 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF accounts for about 5.4% of Vawter Financial Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Vawter Financial Ltd.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $11,892,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of BSV. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at $1,646,000. Invictus Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 13.7% during the 3rd quarter. Invictus Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,172 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,000 after purchasing an additional 383 shares in the last quarter. Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.7% during the 3rd quarter. Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 82,475 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,508,000 after buying an additional 8,631 shares during the last quarter. Lutz Financial Services LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.0% in the 3rd quarter. Lutz Financial Services LLC now owns 254,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,084,000 after buying an additional 12,020 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Heartland Consultants Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 14.9% in the 3rd quarter. First Heartland Consultants Inc. now owns 319,789 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,235,000 after buying an additional 41,558 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $79.13 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.87. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $77.59 and a 1-year high of $79.21.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a $0.2658 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd.

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.