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

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) saw a significant growth in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,101,356 shares, a growth of 190.0% from the July 15th total of 1,069,571 shares. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,333,275 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of VMBS traded down $0.15 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $46.17. The stock had a trading volume of 1,068,425 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,571,414. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 12 month low of $45.97 and a 12 month high of $47.90. The company’s 50-day moving average is $46.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $46.83.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a $0.168 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd. This is a boost from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.16.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 59,766,080 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,813,787,000 after buying an additional 2,147,360 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,478,686 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $493,337,000 after buying an additional 142,443 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 10.3% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 9,007,305 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $424,064,000 after buying an additional 843,178 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,853,123 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $415,654,000 after acquiring an additional 60,256 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 32.3% during the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 8,298,375 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $390,688,000 after acquiring an additional 2,026,709 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). 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).