Vantage Financial Partners LLC Sells 2,781 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Vantage Financial Partners LLC trimmed its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 32.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,835 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,781 shares during the quarter. Vantage Financial Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $265,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Morningstar Investment Services LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 200.4% during the 4th quarter. Morningstar Investment Services LLC now owns 5,292,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $245,629,000 after purchasing an additional 3,531,000 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.2% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 134,995,733 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,157,155,000 after purchasing an additional 2,856,614 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 27.4% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 9,976,201 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $455,015,000 after purchasing an additional 2,143,081 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $57,419,000. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 17,498,487 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $811,230,000 after purchasing an additional 1,138,921 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $47.22 on Tuesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1-year low of $42.06 and a 1-year high of $47.36. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $46.37 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $45.56.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.154 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $1.85 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Company 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).