S.A. Mason LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

S.A. Mason LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 47.0% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 7,758 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,480 shares during the quarter. S.A. Mason LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $583,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in BND. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 23.8% during the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 36,569 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,656,000 after purchasing an additional 7,022 shares in the last quarter. Simmons Bank raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 21.0% during the second quarter. Simmons Bank now owns 3,373 shares of the company’s stock valued at $243,000 after buying an additional 585 shares during the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 18.6% in the first quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 44,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,254,000 after buying an additional 7,035 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 37.1% during the first quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 178,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,987,000 after acquiring an additional 48,409 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp grew its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 12.4% during the second quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 4,532 shares of the company’s stock valued at $327,000 after acquiring an additional 499 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of BND stock opened at $73.06 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $74.48 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.05. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 52 week low of $68.45 and a 52 week high of $75.67.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.2255 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.22.

About Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

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.