Private Portfolio Partners LLC Has $342,000 Stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Private Portfolio Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 58.6% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 4,760 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,758 shares during the quarter. Private Portfolio Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $342,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 36.7% during the 4th quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 366,039 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,322,000 after purchasing an additional 98,201 shares during the last quarter. Joel Adams & Associates Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,459,000. Truist Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 115.3% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 2,230,934 shares of the company’s stock valued at $160,426,000 after buying an additional 1,194,696 shares during the last quarter. Global View Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth $1,577,000. Finally, Aurelius Family Office LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $7,595,000.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:BND opened at $73.38 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $72.83 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.02. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1-year low of $70.37 and a 1-year high of $75.67.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be issued a $0.2404 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 1st. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.93%. This is an increase from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23.

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.