Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) Shares Sold by Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. decreased its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) by 18.4% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,990 shares of the company’s stock after selling 675 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF were worth $223,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 23.0% in the 2nd quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 10,400,416 shares of the company’s stock valued at $779,199,000 after buying an additional 1,945,770 shares in the last quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 108,575.9% in the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,241,441 shares of the company’s stock valued at $379,690,000 after purchasing an additional 5,236,618 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,626,030 shares of the company’s stock valued at $176,102,000 after purchasing an additional 108,732 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $141,015,000. Finally, Lincoln National Corp raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 7.7% in the 3rd quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 1,929,288 shares of the company’s stock valued at $129,378,000 after purchasing an additional 138,203 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.5 %

BLV stock opened at $68.04 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $71.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $70.37. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $62.95 and a 12 month high of $77.20.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Company 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).