Blair William & Co. IL Increases Stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Blair William & Co. IL boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 11.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 29,638 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,103 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $2,131,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in BND. Essential Planning LLC. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6,541.0% in the fourth quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 45,844,512 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,352,920,000 after buying an additional 45,154,186 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2,218.3% in the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 29,325,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,108,775,000 after acquiring an additional 28,060,256 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 11.3% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 99,094,389 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,125,878,000 after acquiring an additional 10,057,150 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 16.7% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 58,043,498 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,173,907,000 after purchasing an additional 8,312,317 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $439,341,000.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Down 0.0 %

BND opened at $73.44 on Wednesday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a one year low of $70.37 and a one year high of $75.67. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $72.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $73.02.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.2404 per share. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.93%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a broad, market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities with maturities of at least one year. BND was launched on Apr 3, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.