Argent Trust Co Sells 534 Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Argent Trust Co decreased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 60,131 shares of the company’s stock after selling 534 shares during the period. Argent Trust Co’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $4,332,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BND. Morningstar Investment Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 90.1% in the 4th quarter. Morningstar Investment Services LLC now owns 17,898,072 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,319,534,000 after acquiring an additional 8,482,025 shares during the last quarter. Arizona PSPRS Trust acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $472,909,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,326,573 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,711,029,000 after buying an additional 6,253,040 shares during the period. Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 789.9% in the 4th quarter. Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co. now owns 6,896,640 shares of the company’s stock valued at $507,248,000 after buying an additional 6,121,670 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creative Planning raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 10.1% during the 4th quarter. Creative Planning now owns 61,103,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,494,171,000 after buying an additional 5,594,165 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF stock opened at $75.54 on Wednesday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1 year low of $67.99 and a 1 year high of $75.67. The business has a 50-day moving average of $74.02 and a two-hundred day moving average of $72.61.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.2255 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a boost 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.