Successful Portfolios LLC Purchases 513 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Successful Portfolios LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 11.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 5,041 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 513 shares during the period. Successful Portfolios LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $229,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of VMBS. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,687,000 after acquiring an additional 229 shares during the period. Empirical Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 37,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,779,000 after purchasing an additional 247 shares during the period. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 47,158 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,226,000 after buying an additional 309 shares in the last quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.6% during the third quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 57,438 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,712,000 after buying an additional 354 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Transform Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.0% in the third quarter. Transform Wealth LLC now owns 4,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $228,000 after buying an additional 356 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

VMBS opened at $45.31 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $45.60 and a 200 day moving average of $46.19. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.04 and a fifty-two week high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a $0.1522 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

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).