Kestra Investment Management LLC Purchases New Shares in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Kestra Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 3,730 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $288,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 22.5% during the 4th quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. now owns 852,531 shares of the company’s stock worth $65,875,000 after acquiring an additional 156,495 shares during the period. D.A. Davidson & CO. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 863,894 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,753,000 after purchasing an additional 33,177 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 16,322,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,261,231,000 after purchasing an additional 1,121,941 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 17.9% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 1,383,420 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,897,000 after purchasing an additional 210,080 shares during the period. Finally, Evergreen Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Evergreen Wealth Management LLC now owns 47,364 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,660,000 after buying an additional 1,191 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

BSV stock opened at $77.49 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $77.32 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $77.75. 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 company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given 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, 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).