M Holdings Securities Inc. Makes New $2.50 Million Investment in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

M Holdings Securities Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 53,067 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $2,498,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 920,586 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $43,341,000 after buying an additional 23,376 shares in the last quarter. Capital Analysts LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 36,598 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,723,000 after buying an additional 1,246 shares in the last quarter. Alteri Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Alteri Wealth LLC now owns 14,113 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $664,000 after buying an additional 763 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 128.3% in the fourth quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 237,638 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $11,188,000 after buying an additional 133,550 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prudent Man Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Prudent Man Advisors LLC now owns 70,534 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,321,000 after buying an additional 4,150 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $46.50 on Thursday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $45.59 and a twelve month high of $47.90. The business has a fifty day moving average of $46.80 and a 200-day moving average of $47.05.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a $0.1634 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

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). 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).