Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV Stock Position Cut by Efficient Advisors LLC

Efficient Advisors LLC cut its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 8.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 770,620 shares of the company’s stock after selling 71,402 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF comprises about 3.5% of Efficient Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Efficient Advisors LLC owned about 0.14% of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF worth $60,733,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 955,584 shares of the company’s stock worth $75,405,000 after acquiring an additional 41,653 shares in the last quarter. Integris Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.0% during the third quarter. Integris Wealth Management LLC now owns 769,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,709,000 after purchasing an additional 14,939 shares in the last quarter. Voya Financial Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 7.7% during the third quarter. Voya Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 386,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,478,000 after purchasing an additional 27,459 shares in the last quarter. Betterment LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.3% in the third quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 600,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,377,000 after purchasing an additional 30,133 shares during the period. Finally, Human Investing LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 10.1% in the third quarter. Human Investing LLC now owns 446,060 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,199,000 after purchasing an additional 40,981 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.3%

BSV opened at $78.13 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $78.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $78.86. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $77.59 and a 12-month high of $79.32.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a $0.2415 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 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.