5,137 Shares in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Bought by B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC

B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 5,137 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $243,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Transform Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.0% in the third quarter. Transform Wealth LLC now owns 4,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $228,000 after buying an additional 356 shares during the period. Proquility Private Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter. Proquility Private Wealth Partners LLC now owns 169,064 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,982,000 after acquiring an additional 4,786 shares during the period. PFG Advisors lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 10.8% in the 3rd quarter. PFG Advisors now owns 140,041 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,611,000 after acquiring an additional 13,683 shares during the period. SWS Partners increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.0% during the third quarter. SWS Partners now owns 100,188 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,730,000 after purchasing an additional 1,940 shares during the period. Finally, Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.7% during the third quarter. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. now owns 23,155 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,093,000 after purchasing an additional 3,484 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of VMBS stock opened at $46.39 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $42.06 and a one year high of $47.59. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $46.96 and a 200 day moving average price of $45.86.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 1st were issued a dividend of $0.145 per share. This represents a $1.74 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 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).