Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Stock Purchased by eCIO Inc.

eCIO Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 8.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 360,152 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 27,529 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF accounts for approximately 5.5% of eCIO Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position. eCIO Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $15,953,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 28,250,812 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,322,420,000 after purchasing an additional 917,120 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 11.4% during the third quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 9,467,666 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $420,459,000 after purchasing an additional 968,285 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% during the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,853,123 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $415,654,000 after purchasing an additional 60,256 shares during the last quarter. KM Capital Management Ltd. purchased a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $215,510,000. Finally, Lincoln National Corp grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 3,791,318 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $178,002,000 after buying an additional 40,592 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.60 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $45.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $46.39. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $43.95 and a one year high of $47.90.

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).