Blue Trust Inc. Trims Stock Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Blue Trust Inc. reduced its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 7.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 116,598 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 9,913 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $5,505,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VMBS. Truvestments Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $35,000. Castleview Partners LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 531.9% in the 3rd quarter. Castleview Partners LLC now owns 872 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 734 shares during the period. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $45,000. First PREMIER Bank raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 214.5% in the 3rd quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 1,478 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $70,000 after buying an additional 1,008 shares during the period. Finally, Sugarloaf Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 34.1% in the 3rd quarter. Sugarloaf Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $85,000 after buying an additional 459 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.32 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $45.57 and a two-hundred day moving average of $46.18. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1-year low of $44.04 and a 1-year high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a $0.1522 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

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).