Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Purchases Shares of 52,144 Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 52,144 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $2,449,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $90,328,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 50,924,140 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,391,398,000 after buying an additional 1,253,241 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.4% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 22,220,955 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,043,496,000 after buying an additional 1,139,467 shares in the last quarter. Woodard & Co. Asset Management Group Inc. ADV lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1,012,969.1% in the 3rd quarter. Woodard & Co. Asset Management Group Inc. ADV now owns 688,887 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,350,000 after buying an additional 688,819 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.2% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 53,150,304 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,462,985,000 after buying an additional 643,509 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $47.27 on Wednesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $44.85 and a one year high of $47.90. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $47.32 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $47.14.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.1609 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%.

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). 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).