Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND Position Lifted by Simon Quick Advisors LLC

Simon Quick Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 20.4% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 106,639 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,047 shares during the quarter. Simon Quick Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $7,853,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of BND. Modera Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 4.0% in the 1st quarter. Modera Wealth Management LLC now owns 246,982 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,188,000 after purchasing an additional 9,436 shares during the last quarter. Forty three Eighteen Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.4% during the first quarter. Forty three Eighteen Advisors LLC now owns 38,990 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,871,000 after purchasing an additional 3,015 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.8% during the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,951,598 shares of the company’s stock worth $364,636,000 after purchasing an additional 314,725 shares during the last quarter. Prospect Financial Group LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 3.9% in the first quarter. Prospect Financial Group LLC now owns 109,191 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,041,000 after purchasing an additional 4,120 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 105.5% in the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 7,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $587,000 after purchasing an additional 4,092 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF stock opened at $72.86 on Friday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $72.34 and a fifty-two week high of $75.23. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $73.09 and a 200 day moving average price of $73.72.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a $0.2445 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.0%.

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.