Bull Street Advisors LLC Cuts Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Bull Street Advisors LLC trimmed its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 2.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 110,364 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,650 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF makes up approximately 4.1% of Bull Street Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. Bull Street Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $8,528,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 21.8% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 22,255,805 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,751,309,000 after acquiring an additional 3,984,419 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9,200.9% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 1,235,531 shares of the company’s stock worth $97,224,000 after buying an additional 1,222,247 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 341.0% during the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,100,236 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,578,000 after buying an additional 850,753 shares during the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.9% during the third quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 15,200,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,196,123,000 after buying an additional 711,531 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 37.4% during the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 2,039,806 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,512,000 after buying an additional 554,982 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA BSV opened at $77.49 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $77.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $77.75. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $75.72 and a twelve month high of $79.02.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a $0.2474 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.

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).