Voya Investment Management LLC Has $2.89 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Voya Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 16.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 63,628 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,862 shares during the period. Voya Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $2,885,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VMBS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 442.0% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 46,510,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,108,780,000 after buying an additional 37,928,555 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,292,783 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $466,675,000 after acquiring an additional 169,602 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.2% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,115,991 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $367,979,000 after acquiring an additional 473,940 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 16.7% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 6,047,503 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $274,194,000 after acquiring an additional 866,903 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 5,664,014 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $256,807,000 after purchasing an additional 36,461 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.6 %

VMBS stock opened at $45.73 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.48 and a 1 year high of $47.59. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of $45.79.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be given a $0.1977 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. This represents a $2.37 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.19%. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.16.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Company 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).