Savant Capital LLC Buys 92,856 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF $BIV

Savant Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) by 1,632.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 98,543 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 92,856 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF were worth $7,695,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 19,586,319 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,529,496,000 after purchasing an additional 1,016,721 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 5.3% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 9,106,889 shares of the company’s stock worth $704,327,000 after buying an additional 461,305 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 12.6% during the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,071,963 shares of the company’s stock worth $469,606,000 after buying an additional 677,443 shares in the last quarter. True Link Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 3.6% in the second quarter. True Link Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,562,493 shares of the company’s stock valued at $352,863,000 after acquiring an additional 159,670 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 1.2% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,977,300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $307,552,000 after acquiring an additional 46,420 shares during the period.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Stock Up 0.5%

NYSEARCA:BIV opened at $77.90 on Friday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $74.44 and a 52 week high of $78.91. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $77.93 and its 200 day simple moving average is $77.94.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.2738 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%.

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). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities between 5 and 10 years and are publicly issued.