Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Trims Stock Holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF $BIV

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC reduced its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) by 50.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 9,639 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,953 shares during the quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF were worth $753,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of BIV. American Trust purchased a new stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $82,058,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 5.5% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 19,586,319 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,529,496,000 after buying an additional 1,016,721 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 12.6% in the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,071,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $469,606,000 after acquiring an additional 677,443 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 5.3% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 9,106,889 shares of the company’s stock worth $704,327,000 after acquiring an additional 461,305 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TIAA Trust National Association grew its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 23.4% during the 2nd quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 2,372,485 shares of the company’s stock worth $183,488,000 after acquiring an additional 450,557 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of BIV stock opened at $78.60 on Friday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $74.44 and a 12 month high of $78.91. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $77.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $78.00.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a dividend of $0.2738 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.2%.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with an intermediate-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year 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 between 5 and 10 years and are publicly issued.