Lido Advisors LLC Purchases New Shares in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Lido Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm purchased 352,908 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $16,615,000. Lido Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.11% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,478,686 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $493,337,000 after purchasing an additional 142,443 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.1% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 142,728 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,720,000 after purchasing an additional 10,699 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.0% during the 4th quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 67,200 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,164,000 after purchasing an additional 5,000 shares in the last quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.5% during the 4th quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC now owns 98,986 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,660,000 after purchasing an additional 4,227 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Zhang Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $306,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.0%

VMBS opened at $46.60 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $47.06. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $45.23 and a twelve month high of $47.90.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1634 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

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). The Index covers the United States agency mortgage-backed, pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).