Stephens Inc. AR Has $1.13 Million Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Stephens Inc. AR grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 8.9% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 24,836 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 2,035 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,126,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 26.1% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,581,819 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $405,148,000 after acquiring an additional 1,777,531 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.8% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 7,642,051 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,781,000 after buying an additional 207,604 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.1% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 5,627,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $265,677,000 after buying an additional 171,411 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,180,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $244,576,000 after acquiring an additional 184,105 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 102.5% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 3,431,563 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $162,004,000 after acquiring an additional 1,737,364 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.5 %

VMBS stock opened at $45.25 on Thursday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $44.04 and a one year high of $47.59. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $45.48 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $46.16.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

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

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).