Unison Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Unison Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 8.9% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 118,778 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 9,703 shares during the period. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF makes up about 0.6% of Unison Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest holding. Unison Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $5,504,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VMBS. Mather Group LLC. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6,012.2% in the second quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 6,470,848 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $299,859,000 after purchasing an additional 6,364,981 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.7% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 48,706,894 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,255,686,000 after buying an additional 2,196,520 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 25.1% in the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 5,517,380 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $255,510,000 after buying an additional 1,107,390 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.0% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 20,860,251 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $966,038,000 after buying an additional 1,000,394 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2,169.7% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 682,872 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $33,743,000 after buying an additional 652,785 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.1%

NASDAQ VMBS opened at $47.28 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $46.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is $46.17. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 12 month low of $44.65 and a 12 month high of $47.38.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a $0.1533 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.9%.

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).