Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Acquired by Harbour Investments Inc.

Harbour Investments Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 83,195 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,498 shares during the period. Harbour Investments Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $3,855,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Mather Group LLC. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6,012.2% in the 2nd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 6,470,848 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $299,859,000 after buying an additional 6,364,981 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.7% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 48,706,894 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,255,686,000 after acquiring an additional 2,196,520 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 25.1% in the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 5,517,380 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $255,510,000 after purchasing an additional 1,107,390 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.0% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 20,860,251 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $966,038,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000,394 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2,169.7% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 682,872 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $33,743,000 after purchasing an additional 652,785 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $47.16 on Thursday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.65 and a 1 year high of $47.38. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $46.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $46.16.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a $0.1533 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 1st.

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).