Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Purchased by Windward Private Wealth Management Inc.

Windward Private Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 3.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 343,129 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,381 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF comprises 5.6% of Windward Private Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 6th largest holding. Windward Private Wealth Management Inc. owned 0.11% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $16,110,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VMBS. Bell Bank lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.5% in the fourth quarter. Bell Bank now owns 844,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $39,781,000 after buying an additional 66,496 shares in the last quarter. Level Financial Advisors increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.9% during the fourth quarter. Level Financial Advisors now owns 237,034 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $11,160,000 after acquiring an additional 19,361 shares in the last quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 57.1% during the fourth quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC now owns 387,799 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $18,258,000 after acquiring an additional 140,873 shares in the last quarter. Apella Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $606,000. Finally, Signal Advisors Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 88.5% in the 1st quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC now owns 89,461 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,200,000 after acquiring an additional 41,995 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $46.50 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $45.81 and a fifty-two week high of $47.90. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $46.62 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.96.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were paid a $0.1645 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%.

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). 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).