Sovran Advisors LLC Reduces Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

Sovran Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 85.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,961 shares of the company’s stock after selling 24,217 shares during the quarter. Sovran Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $312,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BSV. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% during the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,986,997,000 after acquiring an additional 3,776,279 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 19,160,220 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,511,933,000 after acquiring an additional 474,427 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 10,810,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $853,028,000 after purchasing an additional 874,382 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 23.1% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,197,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $725,750,000 after purchasing an additional 1,728,431 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Truepoint Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.8% during the third quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 6,722,641 shares of the company’s stock worth $530,484,000 after purchasing an additional 306,847 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $78.21 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.59 and a fifty-two week high of $79.32. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $78.66 and a 200-day simple moving average of $78.80.

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). 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.