203,342 Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Purchased by Kestra Advisory Services LLC

Kestra Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 89.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 429,851 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 203,342 shares during the quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC owned approximately 0.12% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $19,090,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 28,250,812 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,322,420,000 after purchasing an additional 917,120 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 11.4% in the third quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 9,467,666 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $420,459,000 after purchasing an additional 968,285 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,853,123 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $415,654,000 after purchasing an additional 60,256 shares in the last quarter. Lincoln National Corp grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.1% in the first quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 3,791,318 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $178,002,000 after purchasing an additional 40,592 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.6% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 1,824,039 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $85,638,000 after buying an additional 129,035 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VMBS stock opened at $45.61 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $45.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $46.38. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $43.95 and a 1 year high of $47.90.

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). 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).