Lockerman Financial Group Inc. Has $218,000 Stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Lockerman Financial Group Inc. lessened its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 25.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,683 shares during the quarter. Lockerman Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $218,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of VMBS. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,687,000 after buying an additional 229 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 37,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,779,000 after purchasing an additional 247 shares during the period. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 47,158 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,226,000 after purchasing an additional 309 shares during the last quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 57,438 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,712,000 after purchasing an additional 354 shares during the period. Finally, Transform Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.0% in the 3rd quarter. Transform Wealth LLC now owns 4,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $228,000 after buying an additional 356 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.31 on Tuesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $44.04 and a 52-week high of $47.59. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $45.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $46.19.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.1522 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14.

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).