Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Bought by Acropolis Investment Management LLC

Acropolis Investment Management LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 4.4% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 1,732,187 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 73,214 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF comprises about 4.0% of Acropolis Investment Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Acropolis Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $80,270,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $355,000 after purchasing an additional 347 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 27.3% in the first quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 135,066 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,255,000 after buying an additional 28,971 shares in the last quarter. Capital Analysts LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.6% in the first quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 22,719 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,052,000 after buying an additional 569 shares in the last quarter. United Asset Strategies Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.6% during the first quarter. United Asset Strategies Inc. now owns 339,582 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $15,726,000 after acquiring an additional 8,583 shares during the period. Finally, Bragg Financial Advisors Inc grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.8% during the first quarter. Bragg Financial Advisors Inc now owns 73,669 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,412,000 after acquiring an additional 590 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $47.13 on Thursday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $44.65 and a one year high of $47.46. The business has a fifty day moving average of $47.13 and a two-hundred day moving average of $46.60.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 1st were given a dividend of $0.1615 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 1st.

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).