Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Short Interest Down 70.8% in February

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 379,500 shares, a decline of 70.8% from the January 31st total of 1,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,342,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

VMBS traded up $0.21 during trading on Friday, reaching $46.49. The company had a trading volume of 1,209,502 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,754,867. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 12 month low of $44.04 and a 12 month high of $47.59. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $45.46 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.10.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a $0.1598 dividend. 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.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 28.1% in the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $386,000 after purchasing an additional 1,793 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 37.1% in the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 208,728 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,464,000 after purchasing an additional 56,504 shares in the last quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 13.0% in the fourth quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,695 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $258,000 after purchasing an additional 654 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 17.2% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $739,000 after purchasing an additional 2,297 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.1% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 10,630 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $482,000 after purchasing an additional 708 shares in 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).