Jones Financial Companies Lllp Has $4.87 Million Stock Position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF $BLV

Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) by 18.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 69,082 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,977 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF were worth $4,872,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in BLV. Atlatl Advisers LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 9.5% in the third quarter. Atlatl Advisers LLC now owns 24,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,710,000 after buying an additional 2,093 shares in the last quarter. FDx Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 5.0% in the third quarter. FDx Advisors Inc. now owns 27,073 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,928,000 after acquiring an additional 1,283 shares during the last quarter. Trinity Legacy Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Trinity Legacy Partners LLC now owns 138,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,876,000 after acquiring an additional 3,575 shares during the period. Parker Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Parker Financial LLC now owns 96,996 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,872,000 after purchasing an additional 428 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Twin City Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter. Twin City Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,481 shares of the company’s stock valued at $176,000 after purchasing an additional 152 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $69.77 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $69.84 and a 200 day simple moving average of $70.20. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $65.71 and a 52 week high of $72.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.2775 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Profile

Vanguard Bond Index Funds (the Fund), formerly Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF, seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.Long Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of greater than 10 years and are publicly issued.