Blue Trust Inc. Sells 10,542 Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Blue Trust Inc. lowered its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 12.9% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 71,413 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,542 shares during the quarter. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $5,259,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in BND. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 99.6% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 37,423 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,691,000 after buying an additional 18,677 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 19.1% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 3,298 shares of the company’s stock valued at $237,000 after buying an additional 530 shares during the period. Amundi raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 54.6% during the second quarter. Amundi now owns 53,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,897,000 after acquiring an additional 18,792 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 10.8% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,757,324 shares of the company’s stock valued at $571,172,000 after acquiring an additional 759,261 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Main Street Financial Solutions LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 122.0% in the second quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 31,988 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,355,000 after acquiring an additional 17,576 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Up 0.5%

NASDAQ:BND opened at $73.56 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $73.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $73.85. 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. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.2473 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.0%.

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.