Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Shares Bought by United Advisor Group LLC

United Advisor Group LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 86.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 11,644 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 5,405 shares during the quarter. United Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $550,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VMBS. Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 99.4% in the first quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 3,444 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $157,000 after buying an additional 1,717 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 21.0% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 16,801 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $766,000 after purchasing an additional 2,913 shares during the last quarter. Evolution Advisers Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.1% during the first quarter. Evolution Advisers Inc. now owns 180,060 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $8,213,000 after purchasing an additional 10,380 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 45.3% during the first quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC now owns 817,822 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $37,304,000 after purchasing an additional 255,158 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 20.7% in the first quarter. Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC. now owns 193,209 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,812,000 after purchasing an additional 33,184 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.3 %

NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.82 on Wednesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $43.28 and a 52-week high of $47.59. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $45.99.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were given a dividend of $0.153 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.01%. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF 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).