Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Bought by Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 54.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 89,737 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 31,575 shares during the quarter. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $4,219,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Absolute Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Absolute Capital Management LLC now owns 13,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $618,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares during the period. Security Financial Services INC. raised its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the second quarter. Security Financial Services INC. now owns 34,146 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,582,000 after purchasing an additional 235 shares during the period. FC Advisory LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% during the third quarter. FC Advisory LLC now owns 80,633 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,787,000 after purchasing an additional 256 shares in the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.6% during the third quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 41,536 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,951,000 after purchasing an additional 267 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Golden State Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.2% during the third quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,121 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $241,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $47.39 on Wednesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $44.85 and a twelve month high of $47.90. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $47.30 and a 200-day simple moving average of $47.10.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a $0.1609 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 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).