Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) Shares Acquired by Foster & Motley Inc.

Foster & Motley Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 11.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 73,922 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,598 shares during the quarter. Foster & Motley Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $5,552,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Creative Planning increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.6% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 91,686,451 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,886,569,000 after purchasing an additional 7,248,297 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,326,573 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,711,029,000 after buying an additional 6,253,040 shares during the last quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.7% during the 3rd quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC now owns 27,905,696 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,065,731,000 after buying an additional 4,794,485 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.4% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 17,657,405 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,326,248,000 after acquiring an additional 417,578 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.3% during the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 12,675,128 shares of the company’s stock valued at $913,244,000 after acquiring an additional 746,645 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:BND opened at $72.42 on Wednesday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1 year low of $69.36 and a 1 year high of $75.67. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $74.34 and its 200-day moving average price is $73.13.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a dividend of $0.2276 per share. This represents a $2.73 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.77%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.22.

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.