TFB Advisors LLC Buys 1,222 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

TFB Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 5.3% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 24,380 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,222 shares during the period. TFB Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,151,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VMBS. Asset Dedication LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3,666.7% during the 2nd quarter. Asset Dedication LLC now owns 565 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 550 shares in the last quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 59.7% during the 2nd quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. now owns 736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 275 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the first quarter worth $36,000. Castleview Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 531.9% in the third quarter. Castleview Partners LLC now owns 872 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 734 shares during the period. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the third quarter valued at $45,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.90 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $43.28 and a 52 week high of $47.59. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $46.70 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $45.98.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were given a $0.153 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.00%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 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).