Avantax Advisory Services Inc. Acquires 3,297 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Avantax Advisory Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 6.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 51,917 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,297 shares during the period. Avantax Advisory Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $2,354,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 12.2% during the third quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 36,854 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,740,000 after buying an additional 3,994 shares during the last quarter. Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 16.8% during the third quarter. Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions LLC now owns 171,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,844,000 after buying an additional 24,608 shares during the last quarter. Claro Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.4% during the third quarter. Claro Advisors LLC now owns 66,734 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,151,000 after buying an additional 2,826 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 42.8% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 201,154 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,496,000 after buying an additional 60,314 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gilbert & Cook Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 13.6% during the third quarter. Gilbert & Cook Inc. now owns 5,851 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $276,000 after buying an additional 700 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.98 on Monday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $44.04 and a twelve month high of $47.59. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $45.63 and a 200 day simple moving average of $46.04.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid 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).