Global Retirement Partners LLC Boosts Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Global Retirement Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 2.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 31,165 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 799 shares during the quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,430,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VMBS. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 46.6% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 226,001 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $11,323,000 after acquiring an additional 71,796 shares in the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.4% in the first quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 160,261 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,029,000 after acquiring an additional 12,419 shares in the last quarter. KC Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.7% in the first quarter. KC Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,802 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $291,000 after acquiring an additional 258 shares in the last quarter. West Michigan Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the first quarter valued at $425,000. Finally, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the first quarter valued at $183,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.61 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $42.06 and a 52-week high of $47.21. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $45.50 and its 200-day simple moving average is $44.87.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd will be given a $0.1462 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 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).