Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Purchased by ONE Advisory Partners LLC

ONE Advisory Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 8.6% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 164,535 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,075 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF comprises about 2.4% of ONE Advisory Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest holding. ONE Advisory Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $7,750,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.4% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 22,220,955 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,043,496,000 after acquiring an additional 1,139,467 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.0% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 49,670,899 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,301,750,000 after purchasing an additional 964,005 shares during the last quarter. Woodard & Co. Asset Management Group Inc. ADV increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1,012,969.1% during the third quarter. Woodard & Co. Asset Management Group Inc. ADV now owns 688,887 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,350,000 after purchasing an additional 688,819 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.2% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 53,150,304 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,462,985,000 after purchasing an additional 643,509 shares during the period. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 114.0% in the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 965,523 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $44,750,000 after purchasing an additional 514,439 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $47.22 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $47.12 and a 200-day moving average of $46.94. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $44.85 and a 52-week high of $47.46.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1645 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.2%. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd.

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). The Index covers the United States agency mortgage-backed, pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).