First Heartland Consultants Inc. Increases Holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

First Heartland Consultants Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 11.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 87,218 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,123 shares during the quarter. First Heartland Consultants Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $6,403,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. DiPaolo Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,506,000. Flower City Capital bought a new position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $690,000. Vestment Financial LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $1,168,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 9.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 78,903,250 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,844,363,000 after acquiring an additional 6,989,480 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,636,873 shares of the company’s stock valued at $343,453,000 after purchasing an additional 114,204 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ BND opened at $72.40 on Friday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a one year low of $72.07 and a one year high of $75.23. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $72.89 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.53.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

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

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Company 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.