Lifeworks Advisors LLC Acquires New Shares in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Lifeworks Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm acquired 10,595 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $500,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 162.1% during the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 94,012 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,288,000 after buying an additional 58,148 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 87.9% during the second quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 11,533 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $518,000 after buying an additional 5,396 shares in the last quarter. Blair William & Co. IL increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 10.4% during the first quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 4,734 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $216,000 after buying an additional 447 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.0% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 4,710 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $215,000 after buying an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the first quarter worth $36,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $45.57 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $46.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $46.03. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $43.87 and a fifty-two week high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.153 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.03%.

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).