Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC Grows Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 63.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,266,633 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 489,804 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC owned about 0.29% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $59,798,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VMBS. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% in the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $386,000 after acquiring an additional 1,793 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $739,000 after acquiring an additional 2,297 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.1% in the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 207,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,410,000 after acquiring an additional 8,104 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,687,000 after acquiring an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Merriman Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 75.5% in the second quarter. Merriman Wealth Management LLC now owns 17,053 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $774,000 after acquiring an additional 7,338 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $44.77 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $45.67 and its 200-day simple moving average is $46.19. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $44.04 and a 52 week high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a $0.1522 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

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).