Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) Shares Bought by Symphony Financial Ltd. Co.

Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 5.4% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 83,866 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,266 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF makes up approximately 0.9% of Symphony Financial Ltd. Co.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest position. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $6,038,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Estate Counselors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 42.8% in the third quarter. Estate Counselors LLC now owns 23,638 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,772,000 after buying an additional 7,083 shares during the last quarter. B & T Capital Management DBA Alpha Capital Management boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. B & T Capital Management DBA Alpha Capital Management now owns 15,187 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,141,000 after acquiring an additional 339 shares in the last quarter. Northwest Financial Advisors grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 180.3% in the 4th quarter. Northwest Financial Advisors now owns 24,642 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,772,000 after acquiring an additional 15,850 shares during the last quarter. Corrigan Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.1% during the third quarter. Corrigan Financial Inc. now owns 355,660 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,714,000 after purchasing an additional 17,294 shares during the period. Finally, HBW Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 21.4% during the third quarter. HBW Advisory Services LLC now owns 24,365 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,830,000 after purchasing an additional 4,300 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

NASDAQ:BND opened at $72.34 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of $73.37. 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 dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a $0.2334 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th.

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.