Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Makes New Investment in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 52,144 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $2,449,000.

Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 53,150,304 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,462,985,000 after acquiring an additional 643,509 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 50,924,140 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,391,398,000 after purchasing an additional 1,253,241 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.4% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 22,220,955 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,043,496,000 after purchasing an additional 1,139,467 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,336,243 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $485,390,000 after purchasing an additional 253,782 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,839,027 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $415,081,000 after buying an additional 224,746 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $47.27 on Wednesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $44.85 and a 52 week high of $47.90. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $47.32 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $47.14.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a $0.1609 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%.

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). The Index covers the United States agency mortgage-backed, pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).