Avantax Advisory Services Inc. Decreases Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Avantax Advisory Services Inc. cut its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 2.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 501,755 shares of the company’s stock after selling 11,704 shares during the quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. owned about 0.12% of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF worth $38,771,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Essential Planning LLC. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 6,474.1% in the fourth quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 4,825,007 shares of the company’s stock valued at $374,535,000 after buying an additional 4,751,613 shares during the last quarter. Liberty Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 15.4% in the fourth quarter. Liberty Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $425,000 after buying an additional 730 shares during the last quarter. Hopwood Financial Services Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $6,510,000. Parkworth Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $3,293,000. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 29.4% in the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 279,260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,578,000 after buying an additional 63,414 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $77.95 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $77.49 and a two-hundred day moving average of $77.74. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a one year low of $75.72 and a one year high of $79.02.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a $0.2474 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20.

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).