Parkside Advisors LLC Has $25.25 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Parkside Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 5.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 556,905 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 30,207 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF makes up approximately 6.0% of Parkside Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 6th largest position. Parkside Advisors LLC owned 0.13% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $25,250,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VMBS. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% during the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $386,000 after acquiring an additional 1,793 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $739,000 after buying an additional 2,297 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. raised its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.1% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 207,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,410,000 after buying an additional 8,104 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in 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 valued at $3,687,000 after acquiring an additional 229 shares during the period. Finally, Merriman Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 75.5% in the second quarter. Merriman Wealth Management LLC now owns 17,053 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $774,000 after purchasing an additional 7,338 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

NASDAQ:VMBS traded down $0.08 on Monday, hitting $44.69. The stock had a trading volume of 872,131 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,720,582. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $44.04 and a 52-week high of $47.59. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $45.67 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $46.20.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a dividend of $0.1522 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

About Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

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).