Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Bought by Signal Advisors Wealth LLC

Signal Advisors Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 88.5% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 89,461 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 41,995 shares during the quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $4,200,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VMBS. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.4% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 57,618,720 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,705,775,000 after purchasing an additional 4,468,416 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth purchased a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $113,419,000. Stifel Financial Corp grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 32.3% in the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 8,298,375 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $390,688,000 after buying an additional 2,026,709 shares during the last quarter. Alesco Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $71,911,000. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 10.3% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 9,007,305 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $424,064,000 after buying an additional 843,178 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $46.66 on Tuesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $45.69 and a one year high of $47.90. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $46.77 and a two-hundred day moving average of $47.02.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1634 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 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). The Index covers the United States agency mortgage-backed, pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).