Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Shares Bought by Harbour Investments Inc.

Harbour Investments Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 140.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 69,779 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 40,718 shares during the period. Harbour Investments Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $3,294,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in VMBS. Raymond James & Associates increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 102.5% in the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 3,431,563 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $162,004,000 after acquiring an additional 1,737,364 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $57,419,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.6% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 19,115,115 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $867,826,000 after purchasing an additional 659,720 shares in the last quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $22,216,000. Finally, Kestra Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $20,731,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.6 %

VMBS opened at $45.56 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.64 and a 200 day simple moving average of $46.03. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $43.28 and a twelve month high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.153 per share. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.03%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st.

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).