Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND Shares Acquired by Cerity Partners LLC

Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 16.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 976,109 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 137,854 shares during the quarter. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $72,300,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in BND. Creative Planning increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.7% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 124,942,968 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,292,008,000 after acquiring an additional 10,046,828 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.3% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 139,629,587 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,342,364,000 after buying an additional 8,283,073 shares during the period. 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 worth $5,844,363,000 after buying an additional 6,989,480 shares during the period. Valpey Financial Services LLC grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7,708.3% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 5,236,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $387,899,000 after buying an additional 5,169,861 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 25.7% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 22,912,695 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,704,017,000 after buying an additional 4,686,304 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BND opened at $72.97 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $73.39 and its two-hundred day moving average is $73.95. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a twelve month low of $72.34 and a twelve month high of $75.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were given a dividend of $0.2473 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

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.