Stephens Inc. AR Buys 31,793 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Stephens Inc. AR lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 126.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 56,953 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 31,793 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $2,681,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VMBS. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.4% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 57,618,720 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,705,775,000 after purchasing an additional 4,468,416 shares during the period. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the third quarter worth about $90,328,000. Alesco Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $71,911,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 50,924,140 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,391,398,000 after purchasing an additional 1,253,241 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.4% in the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 22,220,955 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,043,496,000 after purchasing an additional 1,139,467 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.0%

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $46.32 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $46.92 and its 200-day simple moving average is $47.10. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $45.05 and a 52 week high of $47.90.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a $0.1609 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 1st.

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). The Index covers the United States agency mortgage-backed, pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).