Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Short Interest Down 17.1% in December

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) was the target of a large decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,660,000 shares, a decline of 17.1% from the December 15th total of 3,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,297,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VMBS remained flat at $45.31 during trading hours on Friday. The company had a trading volume of 1,530,411 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,990,065. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $45.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $46.18. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a twelve month low of $44.04 and a twelve month high of $47.59.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% during the 3rd quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $386,000 after acquiring an additional 1,793 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $739,000 after purchasing an additional 2,297 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 4.1% during the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 207,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,410,000 after purchasing an additional 8,104 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the third 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Merriman Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 75.5% in the 2nd quarter. Merriman Wealth Management LLC now owns 17,053 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $774,000 after buying an additional 7,338 shares during the last quarter.

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).