Vectors Research Management LLC Purchases 41,635 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Vectors Research Management LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 14.0% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 339,856 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 41,635 shares during the period. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF accounts for about 5.4% of Vectors Research Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. Vectors Research Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $15,749,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.7% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 48,706,894 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,255,686,000 after purchasing an additional 2,196,520 shares during 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. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.2% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,292,988 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $384,048,000 after purchasing an additional 176,997 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6,012.2% in the second quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 6,470,848 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $299,859,000 after purchasing an additional 6,364,981 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 25.1% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 5,517,380 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $255,510,000 after buying an additional 1,107,390 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $47.31 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.65 and a 1 year high of $47.38. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $46.79 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.17.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

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

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Company 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).