Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Sold by US Bancorp DE

US Bancorp DE reduced its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 480,270 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,350 shares during the quarter. US Bancorp DE owned about 0.15% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $22,256,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VMBS. Breakwater Investment Management acquired a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Dunhill Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 1st quarter worth $31,000. LRI Investments LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 138.9% in the 1st quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 731 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 425 shares during the last quarter. Bellevue Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $39,000. Finally, Berkshire Money Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $68,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of VMBS opened at $47.04 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $44.65 and a 52-week high of $47.38. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.14.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were paid a $0.1533 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%.

About Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

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).