Regal Investment Advisors LLC Sells 1,107 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Regal Investment Advisors LLC lowered its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 3.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 30,159 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,107 shares during the period. Regal Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,369,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 39,591 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,797,000 after buying an additional 528 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.5% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 161,676 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,340,000 after buying an additional 9,938 shares during the period. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 44.3% during the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 54,084 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,455,000 after purchasing an additional 16,615 shares during the last quarter. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,405,000. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $200,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

VMBS opened at $47.21 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $46.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $45.76. 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 business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.154 per share. This represents a $1.85 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is an increase 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).