Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. Acquires 1,999 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 8.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 26,053 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,999 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,207,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. LRI Investments LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 138.9% during the 1st quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 731 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 425 shares during the period. Bellevue Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $39,000. Berkshire Money Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $68,000. Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $80,000. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5,697.4% during the 1st quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 2,203 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $102,000 after buying an additional 2,165 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

VMBS opened at $47.43 on Wednesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.65 and a fifty-two week high of $47.46. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $46.85 and its 200 day moving average is $46.18.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

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