Claro Advisors Inc. Raises Stock Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Claro Advisors Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 28.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 59,851 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,267 shares during the period. Claro Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $2,818,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. City State Bank raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. City State Bank now owns 36,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,740,000 after acquiring an additional 235 shares during the last quarter. Maia Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Maia Wealth LLC now owns 9,323 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $438,000 after acquiring an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. Saranac Partners Ltd raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Saranac Partners Ltd now owns 11,728 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $552,000 after acquiring an additional 245 shares during the last quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 36.2% in the 4th quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC now owns 926 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 246 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Richardson Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 5,164 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $240,000 after acquiring an additional 260 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VMBS stock opened at $46.61 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $46.78 and a 200 day moving average of $47.03. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $45.69 and a 1 year high of $47.90.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a $0.1634 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

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).