Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) Announces Monthly Dividend of $0.17

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) declared a monthly dividend on Tuesday, January 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share by the exchange traded fund on Wednesday, November 4th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 2nd. This is a 4.2% increase from Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.1632.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of VMBS opened at $45.60 on Friday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a one year low of $43.95 and a one year high of $47.90. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $45.21 and its 200-day moving average is $46.42.

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).