CogentBlue Wealth Advisors LLC Trims Position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

CogentBlue Wealth Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 51.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,949 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,457 shares during the period. CogentBlue Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $548,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in BSV. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 393.5% during the fourth quarter. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 88,732 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,993,000 after purchasing an additional 70,751 shares during the period. Trust Co. of Vermont increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 14,908 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,175,000 after buying an additional 552 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 388,806 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,642,000 after buying an additional 11,533 shares during the last quarter. Kwmg LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 13.4% during the 4th quarter. Kwmg LLC now owns 271,845 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,424,000 after buying an additional 32,211 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 42.6% in the 4th quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 47,385 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,734,000 after acquiring an additional 14,165 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSEARCA:BSV opened at $78.22 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $78.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.82. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.59 and a fifty-two week high of $79.32.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

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