Blair William & Co. IL Decreases Stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Blair William & Co. IL reduced its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 17.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,887 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,051 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $226,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Veridan Wealth LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.5% during the first quarter. Veridan Wealth LLC now owns 50,039 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,317,000 after purchasing an additional 264 shares during the period. Quest 10 Wealth Builders Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.7% during the first quarter. Quest 10 Wealth Builders Inc. now owns 16,096 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $745,000 after buying an additional 266 shares in the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.8% during the first quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 4,476 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $207,000 after buying an additional 286 shares in the last quarter. Marcum Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.2% during the first quarter. Marcum Wealth LLC now owns 15,288 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $708,000 after buying an additional 322 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $355,000 after buying an additional 347 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $46.25 on Wednesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $44.65 and a one year high of $47.59. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $45.97 and a 200-day simple moving average of $45.87.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 1st were given a dividend of $0.1635 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.2%.

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).