Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV Stock: Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Trims Holdings

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC trimmed its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 0.5% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,764,211 shares of the company’s stock after selling 12,934 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $211,186,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 32,321,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,518,121,000 after acquiring an additional 801,126 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 29.0% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 12,644,333 shares of the company’s stock worth $991,442,000 after acquiring an additional 2,845,980 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LP boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9.4% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 3,956,884 shares of the company’s stock worth $308,281,000 after acquiring an additional 341,575 shares during the period. Lincoln National Corp grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 1.3% in the first quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 3,904,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $306,115,000 after purchasing an additional 50,808 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 7.5% in the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,631,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $282,904,000 after purchasing an additional 252,678 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of BSV opened at $77.06 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a one year low of $76.02 and a one year high of $79.32. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $76.72 and its 200-day moving average is $77.79.

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.