Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Short Interest Down 26.1% in January

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,300,000 shares, a drop of 26.1% from the January 15th total of 1,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,364,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VMBS. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% during the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $386,000 after acquiring an additional 1,793 shares during the last quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 13.0% during the 4th quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,695 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $258,000 after acquiring an additional 654 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $739,000 after purchasing an additional 2,297 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,687,000 after buying an additional 229 shares during the period. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.1% during the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 10,630 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $482,000 after acquiring an additional 708 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Up 0.6 %

Shares of VMBS opened at $45.54 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $45.46 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $46.15. 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 announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.1598 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15.

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).