Ashton Thomas Securities LLC Has $747,000 Stock Position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV)

Ashton Thomas Securities LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) by 1.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,996 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 152 shares during the quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF were worth $747,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 17.3% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 4,536,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $339,046,000 after purchasing an additional 668,720 shares during the last quarter. True Link Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 6.6% during the 4th quarter. True Link Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,952,928 shares of the company’s stock worth $295,402,000 after buying an additional 245,701 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 38.5% in the 3rd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,037,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $238,087,000 after buying an additional 844,917 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 7.2% in the 4th quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 2,909,578 shares of the company’s stock valued at $217,433,000 after buying an additional 194,263 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 2,240,007 shares of the company’s stock worth $167,396,000 after acquiring an additional 85,134 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Stock Down 0.5 %

Shares of BIV opened at $76.02 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $75.50 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.03. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $72.95 and a 12-month high of $78.89.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.2531 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd. This is an increase 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).