Lutz Financial Services LLC Purchases 13,505 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Lutz Financial Services LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 59.2% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 36,322 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 13,505 shares during the quarter. Lutz Financial Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,647,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 38.5% during the 4th quarter. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc now owns 6,133 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $278,000 after acquiring an additional 1,704 shares in the last quarter. Bell Bank bought a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $10,728,000. Morningstar Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $116,296,000. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 49,722 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,254,000 after acquiring an additional 2,564 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.7% during the 4th quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 250,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $11,339,000 after acquiring an additional 17,777 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.94 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’s fifty day simple moving average is $45.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $46.11.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

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

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).