Accretive Wealth Partners LLC Decreases Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Accretive Wealth Partners LLC cut its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 19.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,132 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,451 shares during the period. Accretive Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $289,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VMBS. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 19,115,115 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $867,826,000 after acquiring an additional 659,720 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,055,325 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $456,512,000 after purchasing an additional 79,124 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.8% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 7,642,051 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,781,000 after purchasing an additional 207,604 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,180,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $244,576,000 after purchasing an additional 184,105 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 102.5% during the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 3,431,563 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $162,004,000 after purchasing an additional 1,737,364 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.66 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $46.38 and its 200 day moving average is $46.07. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $44.04 and a 52 week high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a dividend of $0.153 per share. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.02%. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

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).