Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. Has $91.46 Million Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 41.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,017,172 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 587,076 shares during the quarter. Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. owned about 0.47% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $91,459,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,292,783 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $466,675,000 after purchasing an additional 169,602 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 26.1% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,581,819 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $405,148,000 after purchasing an additional 1,777,531 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,115,991 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $367,979,000 after buying an additional 473,940 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 16.7% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 6,047,503 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $274,194,000 after acquiring an additional 866,903 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 5,627,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $265,677,000 after acquiring an additional 171,411 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

VMBS opened at $46.07 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $45.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $46.00. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.04 and a 1 year 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 given a dividend of $0.1588 per share. 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).