MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB Increases Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 0.2% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 182,906 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 447 shares during the period. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $8,293,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Truvestments Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Castleview Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 531.9% during the third quarter. Castleview Partners LLC now owns 872 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 734 shares during the last quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the third quarter worth about $45,000. First PREMIER Bank increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 214.5% in the third quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 1,478 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $70,000 after purchasing an additional 1,008 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sugarloaf Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 34.1% in the third quarter. Sugarloaf Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $85,000 after purchasing an additional 459 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.31 on Monday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.04 and a 1 year high of $47.59. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $45.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $46.19.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a dividend of $0.1522 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th.

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).