Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF $BIV is MFA Wealth Advisors LLC’s Largest Position

MFA Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) by 3.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 572,740 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 19,132 shares during the period. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF comprises 9.4% of MFA Wealth Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. MFA Wealth Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.16% of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF worth $44,605,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 5.5% in the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 19,586,319 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,529,496,000 after buying an additional 1,016,721 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% during the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 9,911,931 shares of the company’s stock worth $774,023,000 after purchasing an additional 805,042 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 12.6% in the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,071,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $469,606,000 after purchasing an additional 677,443 shares in the last quarter. True Link Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. True Link Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,852,251 shares of the company’s stock worth $378,912,000 after buying an additional 289,758 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,052,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $315,993,000 after buying an additional 74,818 shares during the period.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $76.52 on Friday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $74.44 and a twelve month high of $79.08. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $77.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.08.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.2514 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Profile

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.