Avidian Wealth Enterprises LLC Buys 974 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Avidian Wealth Enterprises LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 5.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 18,875 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 974 shares during the period. Avidian Wealth Enterprises LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $1,458,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BSV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings 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 worth $1,751,309,000 after purchasing an additional 3,984,419 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.9% in the 3rd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 15,200,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,196,123,000 after purchasing an additional 711,531 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 12,194,753 shares of the company’s stock worth $959,605,000 after purchasing an additional 309,701 shares in the last quarter. Truepoint Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 6,013,964 shares of the company’s stock worth $473,239,000 after purchasing an additional 146,868 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 6,009,935 shares of the company’s stock worth $472,922,000 after purchasing an additional 85,317 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $77.19 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $77.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $77.76. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $75.72 and a 12 month high of $79.02.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.2474 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date 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).