Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. Acquires 28,902 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 6.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 474,983 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 28,902 shares during the quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. owned about 0.11% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $21,536,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VMBS. Alpha Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $226,000. Good Life Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the third quarter valued at $228,000. OLD National Bancorp IN grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 9.3% during the third quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 148,794 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,025,000 after purchasing an additional 12,700 shares during the period. Castleview Partners LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 531.9% in the third quarter. Castleview Partners LLC now owns 872 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $41,000 after buying an additional 734 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Foundations Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 122.9% in the third quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 61,055 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,882,000 after buying an additional 33,661 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.73 on Tuesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 12 month low of $44.04 and a 12 month high of $47.59. The company’s 50 day moving average is $45.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $46.14.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.1598 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 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).