TD Private Client Wealth LLC Buys 357,232 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

TD Private Client Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 11.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 3,617,793 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 357,232 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF accounts for 4.6% of TD Private Client Wealth LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. TD Private Client Wealth LLC owned about 0.84% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $164,031,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VMBS. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 42.8% during the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 201,154 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,496,000 after purchasing an additional 60,314 shares during the last quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.5% during the third quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 168,765 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,971,000 after buying an additional 2,471 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 56.1% in the third quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 10,663 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $503,000 after acquiring an additional 3,831 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,180,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $244,576,000 after acquiring an additional 184,105 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Eagle Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 85.2% in the 3rd quarter. Eagle Asset Management Inc. now owns 21,773 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,000,000 after acquiring an additional 10,017 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.2 %

VMBS stock opened at $46.25 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $45.72 and a 200 day moving average price of $46.04. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.04 and a fifty-two week high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a $0.1588 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 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).