Crabel Capital Management LLC Raises Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Crabel Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 58.9% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 31,465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,666 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF makes up about 0.9% of Crabel Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 27th largest position. Crabel Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,458,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Southland Equity Partners LLC raised its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Southland Equity Partners LLC now owns 10,767 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $499,000 after buying an additional 220 shares during the last quarter. Security Financial Services INC. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Security Financial Services INC. now owns 34,146 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,582,000 after acquiring an additional 235 shares in the last quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.3% in the second quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 18,315 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $849,000 after purchasing an additional 242 shares during the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.7% in the second quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 4,730 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $219,000 after purchasing an additional 254 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stephens Inc. AR lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.1% during the second quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 23,363 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,083,000 after purchasing an additional 265 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $47.40 on Thursday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.65 and a fifty-two week high of $47.46. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $47.10 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.43.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 3rd were paid a $0.172 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 3rd. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15.

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).