Short Interest in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Decreases By 65.4%

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) saw a significant decrease in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,044,746 shares, a decrease of 65.4% from the April 15th total of 3,022,967 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 1,361,692 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Trading Down 0.7%

Shares of VMBS stock opened at $46.34 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1-year low of $45.05 and a 1-year high of $47.90. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $46.94 and its 200-day simple moving average is $47.11.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1609 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 1st.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Absolute Capital Management LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. Absolute Capital Management LLC now owns 13,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $618,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. City State Bank lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. City State Bank now owns 36,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,740,000 after buying an additional 235 shares in the last quarter. Genesis Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Genesis Private Wealth LLC now owns 20,912 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $982,000 after buying an additional 237 shares during the period. Maia Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Maia Wealth LLC now owns 9,323 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $438,000 after acquiring an additional 240 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rehmann Capital Advisory Group grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.2% during the 4th quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 7,931 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $373,000 after acquiring an additional 243 shares in the last quarter.

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). The Index covers the United States agency mortgage-backed, pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).