Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOB) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOB) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 205,700 shares, a decrease of 17.0% from the February 28th total of 247,700 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 587,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Trading Down 0.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VWOB opened at $64.05 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $64.29 and its 200-day moving average price is $64.51. Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $61.48 and a 1 year high of $66.65.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.3449 per share. This represents a $4.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.46%. This is an increase from Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.34. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 1st.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 4.0% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 14,028,166 shares of the company’s stock valued at $885,879,000 after buying an additional 537,412 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 9.2% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 11,357,077 shares of the company’s stock valued at $753,769,000 after acquiring an additional 959,776 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 3,468,108 shares of the company’s stock worth $219,016,000 after acquiring an additional 181,241 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 16.4% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,908,894 shares of the company’s stock worth $183,697,000 after acquiring an additional 409,476 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 10.7% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,897,199 shares of the company’s stock worth $119,804,000 after acquiring an additional 183,645 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF

The Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (VWOB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund tracks a market value weighted index of emerging market sovereign debt, denominated in USD. VWOB was launched on May 31, 2013 and is managed by Vanguard.