Ashton Thomas Securities LLC Trims Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Ashton Thomas Securities LLC trimmed its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 7.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 19,260 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,568 shares during the quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $873,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its holdings in shares of 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 during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its stake in 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 during the last quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 13.0% in the 4th quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,695 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $258,000 after acquiring an additional 654 shares during the last quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 99.3% in the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 10,099 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $458,000 after acquiring an additional 5,032 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $739,000 after acquiring an additional 2,297 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.99 on Tuesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $45.77 and a 200-day moving average of $46.01. 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 Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a $0.1588 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 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).