Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) saw a significant decrease in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 250,400 shares, a decrease of 67.7% from the May 31st total of 776,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,265,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VMBS. Mariner LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 64,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,823,000 after purchasing an additional 2,147 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 36.1% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 12,466 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $546,000 after purchasing an additional 3,304 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.3% during the 3rd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 636,265 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $27,856,000 after purchasing an additional 43,507 shares in the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 63.6% during the 3rd quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 206,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,031,000 after purchasing an additional 80,195 shares in the last quarter. Finally, 1607 Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 12.7% during the 3rd quarter. 1607 Capital Partners LLC now owns 84,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,699,000 after purchasing an additional 9,500 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock traded up $0.08 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $45.60. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 830,741 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,507,284. The business has a fifty day moving average of $45.04 and a 200 day moving average of $45.38. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1-year low of $42.06 and a 1-year high of $46.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 5th. Investors of record on Monday, June 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.95%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 3rd.

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).