Staley Capital Advisers Inc. Acquires 18,200 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Staley Capital Advisers Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 5.8% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 331,425 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,200 shares during the period. Staley Capital Advisers Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $15,560,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $355,000 after buying an additional 347 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $342,000. Focus Partners Wealth bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $921,000. Baird Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $210,000. Finally, Brown Advisory Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 26.0% during the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 6,411 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $297,000 after acquiring an additional 1,323 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $46.37 on Thursday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $45.69 and a 52-week high of $47.90. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $46.68 and a 200 day moving average price of $46.99.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a $0.1645 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 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). 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).