Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC Raises Stock Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 33.1% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 542,617 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 134,915 shares during the period. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $24,602,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% in the 3rd 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. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $739,000 after buying an additional 2,297 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. boosted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.1% during the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 207,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,410,000 after buying an additional 8,104 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,687,000 after buying an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EP Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 94.8% in the 2nd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 15,851 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $720,000 after acquiring an additional 7,715 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.36 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $45.59 and a 200-day moving average price of $46.19. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $44.04 and a one year high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.1522 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14.

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).