HT Partners LLC Sells 1,226 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

HT Partners LLC lessened its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 7.1% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 16,150 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,226 shares during the period. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF makes up about 0.2% of HT Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest holding. HT Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $732,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Creative Planning grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 44.3% during the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 54,084 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,455,000 after purchasing an additional 16,615 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.5% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 161,676 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,340,000 after acquiring an additional 9,938 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 39,591 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,797,000 after acquiring an additional 528 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 94.8% in the 2nd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 15,851 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $720,000 after acquiring an additional 7,715 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Truist Financial Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 715,572 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $32,487,000 after acquiring an additional 4,811 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

VMBS stock opened at $45.61 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $45.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $46.18. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 12 month low of $44.04 and a 12 month high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a $0.1522 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF 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).