Summary
Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 4,933. The ten largest make up 6.3% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.03%
- Fund size
- $17.1B
- Positions
- 4,933
- Dividend yield
- 4.35%
- Running since
- 2009
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.03% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.20%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 6.3% of the fund.
- A large fund with $17.1B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $78.9M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2009.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +1.3%
- 3 months
- -2.1%
- This year
- -3.9%
- 1 year
- -4.5%
- 3 years
- +5.8%
- 5 years
- -15%
- 10 years
- -16%
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 MKTLIQ 12/31/2049 3.9%
- 2 Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 6.00% 10/13/2026 0.3%
- 3 Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 6.50% 11/12/2026 0.3%
- 4 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.00% 11/20/2054 0.3%
- 5 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.00% 01/20/2056 0.3%
- 6 Freddie Mac Pool 5.00% 02/01/2056 0.3%
- 7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.00% 06/20/2056 0.3%
- 8 Fannie Mae Pool 5.50% 03/01/2056 0.3%
- 9 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.00% 02/20/2056 0.3%
- 10 Ginnie Mae 6.00% 10/20/2026 0.3%
Positions in the fund: 4,933. The ten largest make up 6.3% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 100%
Largest country: United States (100%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $3.00
- Over 20 years
- $151
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $3.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $151.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 10 years
- -1.7%
- Deepest drop
- -22%
- Yearly volatility
- 4.9%
Average yearly decline over the last ten years: 1.7%. Deepest drop in these years: 22% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 4.35%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.16
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.97 per share, which is 4.35% of today's price. The last payment was $0.16 on Oct 1, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $78.9M
- Shares a day
- 1.7M
On an average day about $78.9M of the fund changes hands.