Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Purchased by Windward Private Wealth Management Inc.

Windward Private Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 2.6% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 329,643 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,334 shares during the period. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF accounts for 5.5% of Windward Private Wealth Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position. Windward Private Wealth Management Inc. owned 0.11% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $15,276,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VMBS. Mather Group LLC. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6,012.2% during the 2nd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 6,470,848 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $299,859,000 after acquiring an additional 6,364,981 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 48,706,894 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,255,686,000 after acquiring an additional 2,196,520 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 25.1% during the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 5,517,380 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $255,510,000 after acquiring an additional 1,107,390 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.0% during the 1st quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 20,860,251 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $966,038,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000,394 shares during the period. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2,169.7% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 682,872 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $33,743,000 after acquiring an additional 652,785 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.1%

VMBS opened at $46.97 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $46.64 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $46.11. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $44.65 and a 52 week high of $47.38.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were issued a $0.1533 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.9%.

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).