Jane Street Group LLC Purchases Shares of 141,142 Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 141,142 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $6,663,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VMBS. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% in the 3rd quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $386,000 after acquiring an additional 1,793 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 87.9% in the second quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 11,533 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $518,000 after purchasing an additional 5,396 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 5.6% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 554,880 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $25,192,000 after buying an additional 29,257 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.1% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 207,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,410,000 after buying an additional 8,104 shares during the period. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,687,000 after buying an additional 229 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

VMBS opened at $45.78 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $46.21. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $44.04 and a 1 year high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a $0.153 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.01%. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15.

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).