Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC Reduces Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC lowered its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 8.8% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 5,184 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 499 shares during the period. Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $235,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Morningstar Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $116,296,000. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 976.7% in the 3rd quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 2,036,034 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $95,912,000 after buying an additional 1,846,939 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 26.1% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,581,819 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $405,148,000 after buying an additional 1,777,531 shares in the last quarter. Intelligence Driven Advisers LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $29,555,000. Finally, BlueStem Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the fourth quarter worth $27,905,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $46.08 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.04 and a fifty-two week high of $47.59. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $45.54 and a 200-day moving average of $46.09.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.1588 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 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).