Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. Acquires 17,408 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 4.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 389,920 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 17,408 shares during the period. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $30,129,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in BSV. Centered Wealth LLC dba Miller Equity Capital Advisors grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.1% in the fourth quarter. Centered Wealth LLC dba Miller Equity Capital Advisors now owns 6,825 shares of the company’s stock valued at $527,000 after buying an additional 510 shares in the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 20.5% in the fourth quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 299,711 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,159,000 after buying an additional 51,009 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 945.4% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 92,088 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,116,000 after buying an additional 83,279 shares in the last quarter. Smithfield Trust Co grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Smithfield Trust Co now owns 1,353,301 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,555,000 after buying an additional 27,135 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WoodTrust Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 85.6% in the fourth quarter. WoodTrust Financial Corp now owns 6,226 shares of the company’s stock valued at $481,000 after buying an additional 2,871 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:BSV opened at $77.88 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $75.72 and a 1-year high of $79.02. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $77.43 and a 200 day simple moving average of $77.75.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Investors 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.

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).