Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Sells 43,476 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC decreased its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 48.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 46,261 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 43,476 shares during the period. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $2,178,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.4% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 57,618,720 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,705,775,000 after acquiring an additional 4,468,416 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 50,924,140 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,391,398,000 after purchasing an additional 1,253,241 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,478,686 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $493,337,000 after purchasing an additional 142,443 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.6% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,839,027 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $415,081,000 after purchasing an additional 224,746 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mather Group LLC. lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 7,024,424 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $330,710,000 after purchasing an additional 245,905 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $46.50 on Thursday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $45.59 and a 1 year high of $47.90. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $46.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $47.05.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a $0.1634 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.16.

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). The Index covers the United States agency mortgage-backed, pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).