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

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of 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

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VMBS. Mariner LLC lifted its position in shares of 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 worth $2,823,000 after purchasing an additional 2,147 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in shares of 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 worth $546,000 after purchasing an additional 3,304 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp lifted its position in shares of 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 worth $27,856,000 after purchasing an additional 43,507 shares during the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of 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 worth $9,031,000 after purchasing an additional 80,195 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 1607 Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of 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 worth $3,699,000 after purchasing an additional 9,500 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock traded up $0.08 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $45.60. The stock had a trading volume of 830,741 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,507,284. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $45.04 and its 200 day moving average is $45.38. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $42.06 and a twelve month high of $46.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 3rd were paid a $0.15 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 3rd. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.95%.

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).