Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) shares saw unusually-strong trading volume on Monday . Approximately 3,465,236 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 107% from the previous session’s volume of 1,672,943 shares.The stock last traded at $44.75 and had previously closed at $44.75.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.0 %

The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $45.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is $45.03.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 2nd will be issued a $0.148 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 1st. This represents a $1.78 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.97%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 79,132 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,669,000 after purchasing an additional 244 shares during the last quarter. OmniStar Financial Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. OmniStar Financial Group Inc. now owns 10,590 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $491,000 after acquiring an additional 248 shares during the last quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 50,036 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,282,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares during the last quarter. Addison Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 44.6% during the fourth quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 849 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 262 shares during the period. Finally, Ieq Capital LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.3% in the third quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 8,671 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $380,000 after buying an additional 273 shares during the period.

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).