Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Sees Significant Decline in Short Interest

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,210,000 shares, a drop of 66.2% from the November 30th total of 9,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,158,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 78,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,687,000 after acquiring an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 37,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,779,000 after purchasing an additional 247 shares in the last quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 59.7% in the second quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. now owns 736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 275 shares during the last quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the third quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 47,158 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,226,000 after buying an additional 309 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hancock Whitney Corp lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 57,438 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,712,000 after buying an additional 354 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.24 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 12-month low of $44.04 and a 12-month high of $47.59. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $45.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $46.22.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th will be paid a $0.1522 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.14.

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).