Equity Investment Corp Sells 2,150 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Equity Investment Corp lowered its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 3.3% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 63,690 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,150 shares during the period. Equity Investment Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $2,888,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VMBS. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% in the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $386,000 after purchasing an additional 1,793 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 37.1% in the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 208,728 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,464,000 after acquiring an additional 56,504 shares in the last quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 13.0% during the 4th quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,695 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $258,000 after acquiring an additional 654 shares during the period. FMR LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $739,000 after acquiring an additional 2,297 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,687,000 after purchasing an additional 229 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $46.34 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $45.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.11. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.04 and a fifty-two week high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.1598 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd.

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).