Clean Yield Group Sells 240 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Clean Yield Group cut its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 4.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,655 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 240 shares during the quarter. Clean Yield Group’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $256,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VMBS. Truvestments Capital LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Castleview Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 531.9% in the third quarter. Castleview Partners LLC now owns 872 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 734 shares during the period. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $45,000. First PREMIER Bank grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 214.5% during the 3rd quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 1,478 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $70,000 after buying an additional 1,008 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sugarloaf Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 34.1% during the third quarter. Sugarloaf Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $85,000 after acquiring an additional 459 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of VMBS traded down $0.09 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $44.68. 2,798,160 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,977,381. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $44.04 and a 52-week high of $47.59. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $45.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $46.20.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.1522 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14.

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).