Montag A & Associates Inc. Increases Position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV)

Montag A & Associates Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) by 112.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 379 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 201 shares during the quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF were worth $28,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV increased its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 13.9% in the 4th quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 3,173 shares of the company’s stock worth $237,000 after buying an additional 388 shares during the period. First Merchants Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 8.0% in the 4th quarter. First Merchants Corp now owns 194,931 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,567,000 after acquiring an additional 14,384 shares during the last quarter. Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 20.6% in the fourth quarter. Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA now owns 307,170 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,955,000 after acquiring an additional 52,417 shares during the period. Bogart Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 16.9% during the fourth quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 5,982 shares of the company’s stock worth $447,000 after purchasing an additional 865 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Windward Private Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Windward Private Wealth Management Inc. now owns 297,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,212,000 after purchasing an additional 6,902 shares during the period.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of BIV opened at $75.03 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $74.92 and its two-hundred day moving average is $76.29. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $72.95 and a fifty-two week high of $78.89.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a dividend of $0.2531 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.23.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with an intermediate-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. 5-10 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index).