Financial Counselors Inc. Has $721,000 Position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Financial Counselors Inc. lessened its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 2.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 9,330 shares of the company’s stock after selling 200 shares during the period. Financial Counselors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $721,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Essential Planning LLC. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 6,474.1% in the 4th 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 in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 21.8% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 22,255,805 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,751,309,000 after purchasing an additional 3,984,419 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $213,867,000. Beacon Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 737.1% during the 4th quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,792,517 shares of the company’s stock valued at $138,508,000 after purchasing an additional 1,578,387 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.9% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 13,649,853 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,055,680,000 after buying an additional 1,455,100 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Up 0.3 %

BSV stock opened at $78.24 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $77.70 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.72. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $75.72 and a fifty-two week high of $79.02.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.2474 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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).