Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Has $2.61 Million Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 18.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 56,247 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,763 shares during the quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $2,606,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VMBS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.7% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 48,706,894 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,255,686,000 after acquiring an additional 2,196,520 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.1% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 21,081,488 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $976,908,000 after purchasing an additional 221,237 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,082,461 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $467,221,000 after purchasing an additional 31,772 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,614,281 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $399,186,000 after buying an additional 321,293 shares during the period. Finally, Mather Group LLC. grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6,012.2% in the 2nd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 6,470,848 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $299,859,000 after buying an additional 6,364,981 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of VMBS opened at $46.96 on Monday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $44.65 and a one year high of $47.46. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $47.09 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.36.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 3rd were issued a $0.172 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 3rd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.4%.

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).