Stewardship Advisors LLC Boosts Stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Stewardship Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 46.4% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 23,020 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,294 shares during the quarter. Stewardship Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $1,655,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of BND. Creative Planning grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.6% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 91,686,451 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,886,569,000 after purchasing an additional 7,248,297 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.6% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 89,037,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,687,587,000 after buying an additional 4,687,550 shares in the last quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC now owns 27,905,696 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,065,731,000 after buying an additional 4,794,485 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 17,657,405 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,326,248,000 after buying an additional 417,578 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 3.7% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 14,487,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,088,186,000 after acquiring an additional 518,083 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ BND opened at $72.04 on Friday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1-year low of $70.37 and a 1-year high of $75.67. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $72.39 and its 200-day simple moving average is $73.38.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a $0.2334 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.23.

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.