Westfuller Advisors LLC Acquires New Shares in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Westfuller Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBSFree Report) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 18,339 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $866,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VMBS. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the first quarter valued at about $36,000. Blair William & Co. IL grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 10.4% in the first quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 4,734 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $216,000 after acquiring an additional 447 shares during the period. Nwam LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 11.2% in the first quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 8,538 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $384,000 after acquiring an additional 862 shares during the period. Patten & Patten Inc. TN acquired a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the first quarter valued at about $259,000. Finally, Hilltop Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.8% in the first quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC now owns 66,003 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,010,000 after acquiring an additional 2,388 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.55 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.04 and a 1 year high of $47.59. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $46.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $46.05.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.153 dividend. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.03%. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

About Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

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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).

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

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