Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV) to Issue Monthly Dividend of $0.25 on December 3rd

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) declared a monthly dividend on Thursday, January 9th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.25 per share on Wednesday, December 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of BSV traded down $0.02 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $79.14. 1,635,321 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,679,185. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $76.93 and a 1 year high of $79.21. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $78.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $78.61.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 58.2% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 32,198,341 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,534,010,000 after purchasing an additional 11,848,817 shares in the last quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 299.9% in the first quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 7,168,818 shares of the company’s stock valued at $559,670,000 after purchasing an additional 5,376,301 shares in the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% during the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,986,997,000 after purchasing an additional 3,776,279 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in 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 in the last quarter.

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).