Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Acquired by Greenspring Advisors LLC

Greenspring Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 43.2% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 48,605 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,673 shares during the period. Greenspring Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $2,275,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 59,766,080 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,813,787,000 after purchasing an additional 2,147,360 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,478,686 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $493,337,000 after buying an additional 142,443 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 10.3% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 9,007,305 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $424,064,000 after buying an additional 843,178 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,853,123 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $415,654,000 after buying an additional 60,256 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 32.3% in the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 8,298,375 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $390,688,000 after buying an additional 2,026,709 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

VMBS opened at $45.81 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $46.73. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $45.72 and a fifty-two week high of $47.90.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.1666 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 1st.

About Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

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).