Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Shares Purchased by Atria Wealth Solutions Inc.

Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 6.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 474,983 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 28,902 shares during the quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $21,536,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VMBS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 26.1% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,581,819 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $405,148,000 after buying an additional 1,777,531 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 7,642,051 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,781,000 after acquiring an additional 207,604 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 5,627,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $265,677,000 after acquiring an additional 171,411 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,180,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $244,576,000 after purchasing an additional 184,105 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TD Private Client Wealth LLC raised its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 13.1% in the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 3,260,561 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $153,931,000 after purchasing an additional 377,295 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

VMBS opened at $45.73 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $45.43 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.14. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 12-month low of $44.04 and a 12-month high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a $0.1598 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15.

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).