Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Stock Short Interest Falls 97.5%

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) saw a large decline in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 77,719 shares, a decline of 97.5% from the October 15th total of 3,097,992 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,336,957 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Down 0.8%

NASDAQ VMBS traded down $0.37 on Tuesday, hitting $45.26. 1,559,785 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,759,412. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 52 week low of $43.95 and a 52 week high of $47.90. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $45.10 and a 200-day moving average of $46.36.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VMBS. OneAscent Financial Services LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.0% during the third quarter. OneAscent Financial Services LLC now owns 241,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,729,000 after purchasing an additional 15,881 shares during the period. MA Private Wealth increased its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.5% in the third quarter. MA Private Wealth now owns 412,369 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $18,313,000 after buying an additional 25,337 shares during the last quarter. Composition Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.9% in the third quarter. Composition Wealth LLC now owns 68,226 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,030,000 after buying an additional 5,007 shares during the period. Global Retirement Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 6.3% in the third quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 31,857 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,415,000 after buying an additional 1,900 shares during the period. Finally, Goodman Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.2% in the third quarter. Goodman Financial Corp now owns 756,205 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $33,583,000 after buying an additional 23,363 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). 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).