Washington Trust Bank Grows Stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Washington Trust Bank boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 14.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 91,490 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,508 shares during the quarter. Washington Trust Bank’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $6,579,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 89,037,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,687,587,000 after acquiring an additional 4,687,550 shares in the last quarter. Essential Planning LLC. boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6,541.0% during the 4th quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 45,844,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,352,920,000 after acquiring an additional 45,154,186 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2,218.3% during the 4th quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 29,325,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,108,775,000 after acquiring an additional 28,060,256 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 9.4% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 19,321,863 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,391,367,000 after acquiring an additional 1,664,458 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co. boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.4% during the 4th quarter. Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co. now owns 11,901,583 shares of the company’s stock valued at $855,843,000 after acquiring an additional 919,970 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ BND opened at $73.32 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $72.60 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.14. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 12-month low of $70.37 and a 12-month high of $75.67.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.2195 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

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.