Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV Shares Acquired by Ames National Corp

Ames National Corp lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 4.6% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 144,147 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,393 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF comprises 6.8% of Ames National Corp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Ames National Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $11,375,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 58.2% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 32,198,341 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,534,010,000 after purchasing an additional 11,848,817 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 18,685,793 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,470,572,000 after purchasing an additional 267,419 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 18,101,201 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,424,564,000 after buying an additional 800,357 shares during the period. Truepoint Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 1.2% during the second quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 6,415,794 shares of the company’s stock worth $504,923,000 after buying an additional 77,960 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 79.5% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,928,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $448,360,000 after buying an additional 2,624,848 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSEARCA:BSV opened at $78.77 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.59 and a fifty-two week high of $79.32. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $78.88 and its 200 day moving average price is $78.89.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a $0.2415 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd.

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.