Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC Boosts Holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 6.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 172,239 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,146 shares during the quarter. Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $12,758,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Quadcap Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 66.9% during the 4th quarter. Quadcap Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $409,000 after acquiring an additional 2,213 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.6% during the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 1,026,577 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,039,000 after acquiring an additional 54,224 shares in the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 174.3% during the 4th quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 86,318 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,394,000 after acquiring an additional 54,846 shares in the last quarter. Index Fund Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Index Fund Advisors Inc. now owns 482,819 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,762,000 after acquiring an additional 8,812 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Howard Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Howard Wealth Management LLC now owns 42,082 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,117,000 after acquiring an additional 181 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:BND opened at $73.74 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $73.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $74.24. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a twelve month low of $71.76 and a twelve month high of $75.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%. This is an increase from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23.

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.