J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. Acquires 42,351 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 96.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 86,315 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 42,351 shares during the quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $4,000,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Certus Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.1% during the second quarter. Certus Wealth Management LLC now owns 47,029 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,179,000 after buying an additional 2,289 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 818,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $37,943,000 after purchasing an additional 12,100 shares during the period. Keystone Global Partners LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.5% during the 2nd quarter. Keystone Global Partners LLC now owns 180,737 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,375,000 after purchasing an additional 40,078 shares during the period. First National Trust Co raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 10.0% in the 1st quarter. First National Trust Co now owns 286,100 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $13,249,000 after purchasing an additional 26,032 shares in the last quarter. Finally, ONE Advisory Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 9.0% in the 2nd quarter. ONE Advisory Partners LLC now owns 151,460 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,960,000 after purchasing an additional 12,459 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $47.40 on Thursday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.65 and a 1 year high of $47.46. The company’s 50-day moving average is $47.10 and its 200 day moving average is $46.43.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

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

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).