Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) saw strong trading volume on Wednesday . 1,834,693 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 12% from the previous session’s volume of 1,640,287 shares.The stock last traded at $46.90 and had previously closed at $46.93.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $46.29 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $45.53.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.154 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $1.85 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.92%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Asset Dedication LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3,666.7% in the 2nd quarter. Asset Dedication LLC now owns 565 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 550 shares during the last quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 59.7% in the second quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. now owns 736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 275 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $36,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $53,000. Finally, Triad Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $53,000.

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).