Atlatl Advisers LLC Increases Stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Atlatl Advisers LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 0.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 34,238 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 321 shares during the period. Atlatl Advisers LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,587,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Prudent Man Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.0% in the second quarter. Prudent Man Advisors LLC now owns 66,284 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,072,000 after purchasing an additional 1,300 shares in the last quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 45.0% in the second quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 39,763 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,843,000 after purchasing an additional 12,346 shares in the last quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.4% in the second quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Group Inc. now owns 168,448 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,806,000 after purchasing an additional 7,066 shares in the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the second quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 41,269 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,912,000 after purchasing an additional 283 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Carnegie Investment Counsel purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the second quarter worth $359,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $47.36 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $46.91 and a 200-day moving average price of $46.22. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.65 and a 1 year high of $47.46.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were paid a $0.1533 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Mortgage Backed Securities ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted, mortgage-backed securities index. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Float Adjusted Index (the Index).