Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Shares Purchased by Morningstar Investment Services LLC

Morningstar Investment Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS – Get Rating) by 54.5% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 858,002 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 302,579 shares during the period. Morningstar Investment Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $39,508,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VMBS. Adviser Investments LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 16,887.9% during the 4th quarter. Adviser Investments LLC now owns 3,415,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $159,697,000 after purchasing an additional 3,395,153 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1,351.0% during the 3rd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,815,149 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $81,845,000 after buying an additional 1,690,050 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 73,233,668 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,669,006,000 after buying an additional 1,498,896 shares during the last quarter. Rational Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 370.9% during the 3rd quarter. Rational Advisors LLC now owns 776,982 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $35,034,000 after buying an additional 611,972 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 101.8% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,156,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $52,658,000 after buying an additional 583,647 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

NASDAQ VMBS traded down $0.04 during trading on Friday, reaching $45.46. 432,589 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,518,791. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $46.37 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $46.27. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $43.33 and a 1 year high of $49.33.

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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).