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

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 765,200 shares, a decline of 17.3% from the August 15th total of 925,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,775,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF stock opened at $47.45 on Monday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $42.06 and a 1 year high of $47.56. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $46.54 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $45.62.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.154 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $1.85 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.89%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. American Trust grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 272.3% during the 2nd quarter. American Trust now owns 367,142 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $16,668,000 after purchasing an additional 268,521 shares in the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the second quarter valued at $7,580,000. Kestra Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF during the second quarter valued at $20,731,000. New Century Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $712,000. Finally, Advisory Alpha LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 15.5% during the 2nd quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC now owns 944,585 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $42,888,000 after acquiring an additional 126,763 shares during the period.

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).