Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Stock: Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Reduces Holdings

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC reduced its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 13.6% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 239,763 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 37,859 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $10,648,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Mather Group LLC. increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 11.4% during the 3rd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 9,467,666 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $420,459,000 after acquiring an additional 968,285 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.4% during the 2nd 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 acquiring an additional 917,120 shares during the period. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $17,656,000. Robinswood Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $15,665,000. Finally, Syon Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 43.3% during the 2nd quarter. Syon Capital LLC now owns 698,411 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,693,000 after purchasing an additional 211,130 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

VMBS opened at $44.84 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $43.95 and a 52-week high of $47.90. The business’s fifty day moving average is $45.07 and its 200-day moving average is $46.34.

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).