Sarasin & Partners LLP Purchases 8,538 Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Sarasin & Partners LLP raised its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 16.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 61,062 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 8,538 shares during the quarter. Sarasin & Partners LLP’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $4,483,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in BND. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Wilkerson Advisory Group LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. CKW Financial Group bought a new position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 159.7% in the first quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 387 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 238 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kelleher Financial Advisors acquired a new position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF during the third quarter worth about $32,000.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:BND opened at $72.25 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $72.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $73.53. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a one year low of $72.07 and a one year high of $75.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.2516 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.24. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF 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.