Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC. Acquires 69,272 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares (NASDAQ:VMBS - Free Report) by 76.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 160,025 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock after purchasing an additional 69,272 shares during the period. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares accounts for about 1.7% of Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC.'s holdings, making the stock its 12th largest holding. Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC.'s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares were worth $7,419,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Sugarloaf Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares in the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Citigroup Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares by 194.0% in the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 1,379 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock worth $60,000 after acquiring an additional 910 shares in the last quarter. City Holding Co. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares in the 4th quarter worth approximately $61,000. Larson Financial Group LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares by 72.7% in the 3rd quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,912 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock worth $84,000 after acquiring an additional 805 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BluePath Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $90,000.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares Stock Down 0.3 %

VMBS stock traded down $0.15 on Wednesday, reaching $44.37. 1,355,909 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,692,099. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares has a one year low of $42.06 and a one year high of $47.04. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $45.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $44.97.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1462 per share. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares's previous monthly dividend of $0.14.

About Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

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).

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