Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC Grows Stock Position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,754 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 202 shares during the quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $282,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Creative Planning raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.6% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 91,686,451 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,886,569,000 after purchasing an additional 7,248,297 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.1% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,326,573 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,711,029,000 after acquiring an additional 6,253,040 shares in the last quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC raised its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.7% in the third quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC now owns 27,905,696 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,065,731,000 after acquiring an additional 4,794,485 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.4% in the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 17,657,405 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,326,248,000 after acquiring an additional 417,578 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. raised its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.3% in the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 12,675,128 shares of the company’s stock worth $913,244,000 after acquiring an additional 746,645 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.8 %

NASDAQ:BND opened at $72.41 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $74.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $73.12. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1 year low of $69.36 and a 1 year high of $75.67.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were given a $0.2276 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This represents a $2.73 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.77%.

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.