Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Shares Bought by Essential Planning LLC.

Essential Planning LLC. grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 6,474.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,825,007 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,751,613 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF accounts for about 2.4% of Essential Planning LLC.’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest holding. Essential Planning LLC.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $374,535,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in BSV. Liberty Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 15.4% during the 4th quarter. Liberty Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $425,000 after purchasing an additional 730 shares during the last quarter. Hopwood Financial Services Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $6,510,000. Parkworth Wealth Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $3,293,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 29.4% during the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 279,260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,578,000 after purchasing an additional 63,414 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8,092.7% during the 4th quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 323,777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,018,000 after purchasing an additional 319,825 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $77.95 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $77.49 and its 200 day moving average is $77.74. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $75.72 and a 1 year high of $79.02.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced 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 a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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).