Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 436,392 shares, a growth of 22.4% from the February 26th total of 356,667 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,899,848 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of BSV stock opened at $78.41 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $77.59 and a 1-year high of $79.32. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $78.72 and a 200-day simple moving average of $78.83.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.2415 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.7%.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Purpose Unlimited Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $111,130,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 43.8% in the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 95,379 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,517,000 after buying an additional 29,060 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 13.8% in the 4th quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 1,098,909 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,605,000 after buying an additional 132,983 shares in the last quarter. Meadowbrook Advisors Group LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $378,000. Finally, DUTCH ASSET Corp purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $547,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Company 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). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.