Rockland Trust Co. Purchases 4,151 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Rockland Trust Co. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 29.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 18,409 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 4,151 shares during the period. Rockland Trust Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $835,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Federated Hermes Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $5,039,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 15.6% in the second quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 3,980 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $181,000 after buying an additional 536 shares in the last quarter. Clifford Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.4% in the second quarter. Clifford Group LLC now owns 38,741 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,759,000 after buying an additional 1,994 shares during the period. AE Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.7% during the second quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 874,270 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $39,692,000 after buying an additional 23,232 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.1% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 207,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,410,000 after acquiring an additional 8,104 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Up 1.0 %

NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.20 on Thursday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.04 and a fifty-two week high of $47.59. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $45.63 and a 200-day moving average price of $46.19.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.1522 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th.

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).