Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Shares Bought by Semmax Financial Advisors Inc.

Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 36,485 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 1,102 shares during the quarter. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,706,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VMBS. Asset Dedication LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3,666.7% during the 2nd quarter. Asset Dedication LLC now owns 565 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 550 shares during the period. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 59.7% in the second quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. now owns 736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 275 shares in the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the first quarter worth about $36,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the first quarter valued at about $53,000. Finally, Triad Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $53,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $47.28 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $46.74 and its two-hundred day moving average is $45.70. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $42.06 and a 52 week high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.154 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $1.85 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.91%.

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).