Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC Reduces Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC trimmed its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 32.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 31,654 shares of the company’s stock after selling 15,420 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $2,446,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brewster Financial Planning LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.7% during the 3rd quarter. Brewster Financial Planning LLC now owns 191,825 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,095,000 after purchasing an additional 10,319 shares during the period. C2P Capital Advisory Group LLC d.b.a. Prosperity Capital Advisors grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 38.5% during the third quarter. C2P Capital Advisory Group LLC d.b.a. Prosperity Capital Advisors now owns 120,898 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,513,000 after buying an additional 33,613 shares during the period. Howard Financial Services LTD. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 16.3% during the third quarter. Howard Financial Services LTD. now owns 43,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,443,000 after buying an additional 6,139 shares during the last quarter. Safir Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3.0% in the third quarter. Safir Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 172,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,608,000 after acquiring an additional 4,995 shares during the period. Finally, Patten Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 12.1% in the third quarter. Patten Group Inc. now owns 38,336 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,017,000 after acquiring an additional 4,141 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of BSV stock opened at $77.51 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 moving average price of $77.37 and a 200-day moving average price of $77.75.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.2474 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This is a positive change 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).