Farther Finance Advisors LLC Grows Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 2.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,817 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 259 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $536,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,292,783 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $466,675,000 after purchasing an additional 169,602 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 26.1% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,581,819 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $405,148,000 after buying an additional 1,777,531 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.2% during the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,115,991 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $367,979,000 after buying an additional 473,940 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 5,627,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $265,677,000 after buying an additional 171,411 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,180,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $244,576,000 after buying an additional 184,105 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.98 on Monday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.04 and a 1 year high of $47.59. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $45.63 and its 200-day moving average price is $46.04.

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 given a dividend of $0.1588 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF 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).