Regent Peak Wealth Advisors LLC Grows Position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Regent Peak Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 5.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 280,220 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,150 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF makes up approximately 4.5% of Regent Peak Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest position. Regent Peak Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $20,151,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Creative Planning grew its stake in 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 in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of 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 during the last quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.7% in the third quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC now owns 27,905,696 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,065,731,000 after buying an additional 4,794,485 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.4% during the third 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 during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its position in 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 worth $1,088,186,000 after acquiring an additional 518,083 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BND traded down $0.19 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $71.59. The stock had a trading volume of 4,654,246 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,163,347. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $72.69 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.44. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a one year low of $70.37 and a one year high of $75.67.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.2334 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is an increase from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.23.

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.