Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Shares Sold by Cornerstone Planning Group LLC

Cornerstone Planning Group LLC reduced its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 18.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,265 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 511 shares during the quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $103,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 26.1% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,581,819 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $405,148,000 after buying an additional 1,777,531 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 7,642,051 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,781,000 after buying an additional 207,604 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 5,627,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $265,677,000 after buying an additional 171,411 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,180,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $244,576,000 after buying an additional 184,105 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 102.5% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 3,431,563 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $162,004,000 after buying an additional 1,737,364 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.56 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 has a fifty day simple moving average of $45.50 and a 200-day simple moving average of $46.16.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

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

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).