Diversify Advisory Services LLC Buys 4,726 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Diversify Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 3.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 149,921 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,726 shares during the quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $6,712,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,687,000 after purchasing an additional 229 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% during 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 buying an additional 247 shares during the period. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 47,158 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,226,000 after buying an additional 309 shares during the last quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.6% in the third quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 57,438 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,712,000 after acquiring an additional 354 shares during the period. Finally, Transform Wealth LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.0% during the third quarter. Transform Wealth LLC now owns 4,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $228,000 after acquiring an additional 356 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

VMBS stock opened at $45.31 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $45.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is $46.19. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.04 and a fifty-two week high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.1522 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14.

About Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

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).