Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND Shares Bought by Park Avenue Securities LLC

Park Avenue Securities LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 33.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 149,561 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 37,330 shares during the period. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $11,078,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 21.9% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 125,870,361 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,267,835,000 after acquiring an additional 22,636,769 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.7% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 124,942,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,292,008,000 after purchasing an additional 10,046,828 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 46.9% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 15,579,083 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,147,087,000 after purchasing an additional 4,971,692 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7.0% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 71,913,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,348,226,000 after purchasing an additional 4,719,267 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 25.7% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 22,912,695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,704,017,000 after purchasing an additional 4,686,304 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of BND opened at $73.17 on Friday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 52-week low of $71.41 and a 52-week high of $75.23. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $74.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $74.36.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a $0.2278 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.7%.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Company 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.