Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. Grows Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. increased its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 8.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 585,669 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 43,508 shares during the quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. owned about 0.19% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $27,573,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 59,766,080 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,813,787,000 after purchasing an additional 2,147,360 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,478,686 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $493,337,000 after purchasing an additional 142,443 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position 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 worth $424,064,000 after purchasing an additional 843,178 shares during the period. 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 worth $390,688,000 after purchasing an additional 2,026,709 shares during the period. Finally, Mather Group LLC. raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 7,024,424 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $330,710,000 after buying an additional 245,905 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VMBS opened at $46.66 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $46.77 and its 200-day moving average price is $47.02. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1-year low of $45.69 and a 1-year high of $47.90.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were given a dividend of $0.1634 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

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). 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).