Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Stock Position Decreased by Allworth Financial LP

Allworth Financial LP trimmed its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 6.8% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 394,987 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 28,993 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $18,146,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Capital Insight Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.5% in the 1st quarter. Capital Insight Partners LLC now owns 378,170 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $17,513,000 after acquiring an additional 16,447 shares in the last quarter. Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 40.4% in the 1st quarter. Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 159,277 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,376,000 after acquiring an additional 45,831 shares in the last quarter. First Interstate Bank raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 9.9% in the 1st quarter. First Interstate Bank now owns 1,218,719 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $56,439,000 after acquiring an additional 109,856 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 49.8% in the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 3,392 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $155,000 after acquiring an additional 1,127 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brown Advisory Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $236,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of VMBS stock opened at $46.08 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $45.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $45.72. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $44.65 and a twelve month high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 1st were paid a $0.1627 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 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).