Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND Shares Sold by NewEdge Advisors LLC

NewEdge Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 9.3% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 986,959 shares of the company’s stock after selling 101,109 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $72,680,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in BND. DiPaolo Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $1,506,000. Vestment Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth $1,168,000. Flower City Capital acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $690,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 9.7% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 78,903,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,844,363,000 after buying an additional 6,989,480 shares during the period. Finally, Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,636,873 shares of the company’s stock valued at $343,453,000 after buying an additional 114,204 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Down 0.3%

BND opened at $72.25 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $72.92 and a two-hundred day moving average of $73.53. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $72.07 and a fifty-two week high of $75.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were given a dividend of $0.2516 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.24. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 3rd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.2%.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF 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.