Vise Technologies Inc. Takes Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Vise Technologies Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 57,351 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $2,658,000.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake 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 period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.1% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 21,081,488 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $976,908,000 after acquiring an additional 221,237 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,082,461 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $467,221,000 after purchasing an additional 31,772 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,614,281 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $399,186,000 after purchasing an additional 321,293 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mather Group LLC. increased its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6,012.2% during the 2nd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 6,470,848 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $299,859,000 after purchasing an additional 6,364,981 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of VMBS opened at $47.02 on Tuesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.65 and a 1 year high of $47.46. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $47.06 and a 200-day simple moving average of $46.34.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 3rd were given a dividend of $0.172 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.4%.

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).