Manning & Napier Advisors LLC Purchases 28,322 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 611,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 28,322 shares during the quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.19% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $28,761,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of VMBS. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 53,150,304 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,462,985,000 after buying an additional 643,509 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 49,670,899 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,301,750,000 after acquiring an additional 964,005 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.1% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 21,081,488 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $976,908,000 after acquiring an additional 221,237 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,082,461 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $467,221,000 after purchasing an additional 31,772 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,614,281 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $399,186,000 after purchasing an additional 321,293 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $47.26 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $47.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.79. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $44.68 and a 52 week high of $47.46.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, December 1st were issued a dividend of $0.1615 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 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). 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).