First Hawaiian Bank Buys 2,830 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS)

First Hawaiian Bank raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 3.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 84,669 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,830 shares during the period. First Hawaiian Bank’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $3,839,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VMBS. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% during 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 purchasing an additional 229 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 37,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,779,000 after buying an additional 247 shares during the last quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the third quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 47,158 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,226,000 after buying an additional 309 shares during the period. Hancock Whitney Corp lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 57,438 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,712,000 after acquiring an additional 354 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Transform Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 8.0% during the 3rd quarter. Transform Wealth LLC now owns 4,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $228,000 after acquiring an additional 356 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock traded up $0.02 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $45.08. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,773,271 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,812,693. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $44.04 and a one year high of $47.59. The company has a 50 day moving average of $45.72 and a 200-day moving average of $46.21.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.1522 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14.

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).