Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares (NASDAQ:VMBS) Shares Acquired by Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC.

Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 76.3% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 160,025 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 69,272 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares comprises about 1.7% of Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest holding. Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares were worth $7,419,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares by 6.6% during the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 132,032,863 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,780,399,000 after purchasing an additional 8,121,857 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares during the third quarter worth $157,270,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares by 92.9% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,043,110 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $133,227,000 after acquiring an additional 1,465,828 shares during the last quarter. Hamilton Capital LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares by 1,058.2% in the third quarter. Hamilton Capital LLC now owns 1,215,669 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $53,222,000 after acquiring an additional 1,110,708 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares by 4,786.2% in the third quarter. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. now owns 767,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $33,596,000 after acquiring an additional 751,669 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares Price Performance

VMBS traded down $0.15 on Wednesday, reaching $44.37. The company had a trading volume of 1,355,909 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,692,099. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares has a 1 year low of $42.06 and a 1 year high of $47.04. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $45.17 and a 200-day moving average price of $44.97.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a $0.1462 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares’s previous monthly dividend of $0.14. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.95%.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 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).