Park Avenue Securities LLC Grows Stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 7.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 10,630 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 708 shares during the quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $482,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% in the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $386,000 after acquiring an additional 1,793 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $739,000 after purchasing an additional 2,297 shares during the period. Sei Investments Co. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.1% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 207,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,410,000 after purchasing an additional 8,104 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,687,000 after buying an additional 229 shares during the period. Finally, EP Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 94.8% in the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 15,851 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $720,000 after buying an additional 7,715 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VMBS opened at $45.26 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $45.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.18. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $44.04 and a one year 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 paid a $0.1522 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14.

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).