Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Boosts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 57.6% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 53,664 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 19,615 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $4,235,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in BSV. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 38.8% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $901,000 after buying an additional 3,262 shares in the last quarter. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 23.0% during the 2nd quarter. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC now owns 6,304 shares of the company’s stock valued at $496,000 after acquiring an additional 1,179 shares during the last quarter. Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in the second quarter valued at $39,000. Invictus Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in the second quarter worth $219,000. Finally, Evolution Advisers Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.0% during the second quarter. Evolution Advisers Inc. now owns 206,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,275,000 after purchasing an additional 3,992 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

BSV stock opened at $78.81 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $77.16 and a 52 week high of $79.21. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $78.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $78.82.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.