Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Shares Sold by EP Wealth Advisors LLC

EP Wealth Advisors LLC cut its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 57.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,403 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 4,672 shares during the quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $158,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Syon Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $14,171,000. WNY Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.6% in the 4th quarter. WNY Asset Management LLC now owns 97,038 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,499,000 after purchasing an additional 6,036 shares during the period. Freedom Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 47.0% in the fourth quarter. Freedom Investment Management Inc. now owns 100,301 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,650,000 after buying an additional 32,091 shares in the last quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 836,135 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $38,763,000 after buying an additional 4,457 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bragg Financial Advisors Inc grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 11.2% in the fourth quarter. Bragg Financial Advisors Inc now owns 57,759 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,678,000 after buying an additional 5,833 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.71 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $42.06 and a fifty-two week high of $46.59. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $44.92 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $45.36.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 5th. Investors of record on Monday, June 3rd were issued a $0.15 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 3rd. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.94%.

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).