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

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

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VMBS opened at $46.28 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’s 50 day simple moving average is $45.44 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.11.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.1598 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VMBS. Yoffe Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $229,000. LifeWealth Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,706,000. Armis Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $245,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $164,000. Finally, WNY Asset Management LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. WNY Asset Management LLC now owns 192,589 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,732,000 after acquiring an additional 4,928 shares during the period.

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).