NewEdge Advisors LLC Acquires 9,938 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 6.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 161,676 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,938 shares during the quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $7,340,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VMBS. Creative Planning grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 44.3% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 54,084 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,455,000 after acquiring an additional 16,615 shares in the last quarter. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the second quarter worth $1,405,000. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the second quarter worth $200,000. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.1% in the second quarter. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 36,485 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,706,000 after acquiring an additional 1,102 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Evergreen Capital Management LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.3% in the second quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 377,522 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $17,139,000 after acquiring an additional 22,288 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $47.21 on Tuesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $42.06 and a 52-week high of $47.59. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $46.87 and a 200 day moving average of $45.76.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

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

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).