Ellis Investment Partners LLC Has $352,000 Stock Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Ellis Investment Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 3.4% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 7,764 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 252 shares during the period. Ellis Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $352,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,687,000 after buying an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings 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 worth $2,226,000 after buying an additional 309 shares in the last quarter. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $355,000 after acquiring an additional 347 shares during the last quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp grew its position in 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 acquiring an additional 354 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SageView Advisory Group LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 6,755 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $319,000 after acquiring an additional 358 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VMBS stock opened at $45.73 on Monday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $44.04 and a twelve month high of $47.59. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $45.43 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.14.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1598 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15.

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).