Short Interest in Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOB) Drops By 46.1%

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOB) saw a large drop in short interest in February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 158,931 shares, a drop of 46.1% from the February 12th total of 294,769 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 703,494 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Based on an average daily volume of 703,494 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in VWOB. Betterment LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 40.6% during the fourth quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 4,659,747 shares of the company’s stock valued at $314,207,000 after purchasing an additional 1,345,061 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,117,068 shares of the company’s stock worth $277,614,000 after purchasing an additional 27,462 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 3,755,972 shares of the company’s stock worth $251,276,000 after purchasing an additional 125,360 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 25.9% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,677,576 shares of the company’s stock worth $246,030,000 after purchasing an additional 757,313 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 3,121,405 shares of the company’s stock valued at $210,477,000 after buying an additional 102,646 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of VWOB opened at $66.94 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $67.65 and its two-hundred day moving average is $67.38. Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $60.90 and a fifty-two week high of $68.40.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a $0.3196 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.7%.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Company Profile

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.