Guidance Capital Inc. Acquires 425 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Guidance Capital Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 6.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 6,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 425 shares during the period. Guidance Capital Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $303,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% during the 3rd quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $386,000 after purchasing an additional 1,793 shares during the period. Atomi Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 13.0% during the fourth quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,695 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $258,000 after purchasing an additional 654 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $739,000 after purchasing an additional 2,297 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,687,000 after buying an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.1% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 10,630 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $482,000 after buying an additional 708 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.5 %

Shares of VMBS opened at $45.71 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $45.54 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.16. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.04 and a 1 year 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 dividend of $0.1598 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15.

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).