RWA Wealth Partners LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

RWA Wealth Partners LLC reduced its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 73.1% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 59,459 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 161,678 shares during the period. RWA Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $2,757,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 79,132 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,669,000 after purchasing an additional 244 shares in the last quarter. OmniStar Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. OmniStar Financial Group Inc. now owns 10,590 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $491,000 after buying an additional 248 shares during the period. Ieq Capital LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.3% during the third quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 8,671 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $380,000 after buying an additional 273 shares during the period. HBW Advisory Services LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. HBW Advisory Services LLC now owns 6,079 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $282,000 after buying an additional 287 shares during the period. Finally, Arden Trust Co grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Arden Trust Co now owns 20,168 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $935,000 after buying an additional 362 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VMBS opened at $44.52 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $45.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is $44.97. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $42.06 and a twelve month high of $47.04.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1462 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.14. This represents a $1.75 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st.

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).