Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. Buys 32,500 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 4.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 851,300 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 32,500 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. owned about 0.27% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $39,287,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $355,000 after purchasing an additional 347 shares during the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the first quarter valued at $236,000. CWM LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 813.2% in the first quarter. CWM LLC now owns 64,420 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,983,000 after buying an additional 57,366 shares during the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 138.9% in the first quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 731 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 425 shares during the period. Finally, Gould Asset Management LLC CA bought a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $2,532,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VMBS stock opened at $47.02 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $47.06 and its 200 day moving average is $46.34. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 12 month low of $44.65 and a 12 month high of $47.46.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Monday, November 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.172 per share. This is a positive change 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) dividend on an annualized basis and a 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).