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

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,940,000 shares, a growth of 55.2% from the October 31st total of 1,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,720,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Up 0.2 %

Shares of VMBS opened at $46.36 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $46.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is $46.12. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52-week low of $44.04 and a 52-week high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a $0.153 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.96%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 162.1% in the 1st quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 94,012 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,288,000 after purchasing an additional 58,148 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 87.9% during the 2nd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 11,533 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $518,000 after buying an additional 5,396 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in 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. Transform Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $203,000. Finally, Sei Investments Co. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.1% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 207,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,410,000 after acquiring an additional 8,104 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

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).