Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 8.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 26,053 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,999 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $1,207,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Southland Equity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.1% during the second quarter. Southland Equity Partners LLC now owns 10,767 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $499,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares during the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.7% during the second quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 4,730 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $219,000 after purchasing an additional 254 shares during the last quarter. Quest 10 Wealth Builders Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.7% during the first quarter. Quest 10 Wealth Builders Inc. now owns 16,096 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $745,000 after acquiring an additional 266 shares in the last quarter. Elequin Capital LP increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 14.2% during the first quarter. Elequin Capital LP now owns 2,604 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $121,000 after acquiring an additional 323 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $355,000 after acquiring an additional 347 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of VMBS opened at $47.43 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $46.85 and a 200 day moving average of $46.18. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $44.65 and a twelve month high of $47.46.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a dividend of $0.1533 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.9%.

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).