Apella Capital LLC Raises Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

Apella Capital LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 9.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,661,574 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 148,884 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF comprises 2.6% of Apella Capital LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Apella Capital LLC owned approximately 0.31% of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF worth $130,949,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in BSV. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% in the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,986,997,000 after buying an additional 3,776,279 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 79.5% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,928,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $448,360,000 after buying an additional 2,624,848 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 23.1% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,197,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $725,750,000 after buying an additional 1,728,431 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% in the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 10,810,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $853,028,000 after buying an additional 874,382 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9.6% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 5,902,832 shares of the company’s stock worth $465,792,000 after buying an additional 519,387 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of BSV stock opened at $78.12 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $78.68 and its 200-day moving average price is $78.81. 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 company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a $0.2415 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 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.