Alesco Advisors LLC An ESL Co Grows Position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Alesco Advisors LLC An ESL Co raised its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 4.5% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,596,557 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 69,140 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF makes up approximately 1.9% of Alesco Advisors LLC An ESL Co’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Alesco Advisors LLC An ESL Co’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $74,958,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of VMBS. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 59,766,080 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,813,787,000 after acquiring an additional 2,147,360 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.4% during the 4th 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 period. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 10.3% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 9,007,305 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $424,064,000 after purchasing an additional 843,178 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,853,123 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $415,654,000 after purchasing an additional 60,256 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 32.3% in the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 8,298,375 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $390,688,000 after purchasing an additional 2,026,709 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $46.28 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $46.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of $46.95. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $45.81 and a one year high of $47.90.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a $0.1645 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st.

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). 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).