Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp Purchases New Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp acquired a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 1,614 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $73,000.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Congress Wealth Management LLC DE raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 60.9% during the fourth quarter. Congress Wealth Management LLC DE now owns 122,204 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,541,000 after purchasing an additional 46,259 shares in the last quarter. Meridian Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 11.8% during the 4th quarter. Meridian Wealth Partners LLC now owns 9,489 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $430,000 after buying an additional 1,004 shares in the last quarter. Paces Ferry Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $360,000. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 16.7% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 6,047,503 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $274,194,000 after acquiring an additional 866,903 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 65,610 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,975,000 after acquiring an additional 1,600 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.2 %

NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.99 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $45.82 and a 200-day simple moving average of $46.00. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.04 and a 1 year high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.1588 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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).