Capital Investment Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF $BLV

Capital Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) by 239.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 33,445 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 23,589 shares during the quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF were worth $2,325,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Karpus Management Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 734.6% in the 2nd quarter. Karpus Management Inc. now owns 931,254 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,759,000 after acquiring an additional 819,674 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 6.2% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 10,672,022 shares of the company’s stock worth $756,113,000 after acquiring an additional 620,446 shares during the period. Beacon Capital Management Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 83.6% during the third quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,119,393 shares of the company’s stock worth $79,309,000 after acquiring an additional 509,835 shares during the period. Country Trust Bank lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 10,270.4% during the third quarter. Country Trust Bank now owns 353,113 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,018,000 after purchasing an additional 349,708 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 40.7% during the third quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 1,045,358 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,064,000 after purchasing an additional 302,652 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of NYSEARCA BLV opened at $67.78 on Friday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $69.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $70.40. 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 business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a $0.2511 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.4%.

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.