VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF
$7.69−0.03 (−0.39%)
- 0.43%
- $312M
- −12.9%
- 18.51%
- 1.3M sh
- $7.71
- low $7.62high $11.44
The ETF.net MORT Grade
B
Score 67 out of 100
- 1 of 6
Score 67 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B67 out of 100Rank 2 of 6Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A97 out of 100Rank 2 of 5Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D32 out of 100Rank 5 of 6Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B63 out of 100Rank 2 of 6Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C49 out of 100Rank 4 of 6Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B69 out of 100Rank 2 of 6
Our read on MORT
BLandlords collect rent. Mortgage REITs collect interest. MORT tracks an index of roughly two dozen of them, a pure play on the lending side of real estate that has been running since 2011.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS US Mortgage REITs Index, representing U.S. mortgage REITs.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.43% a year, below the 0.51% median for real estate sector ETFs and well under niche peers like CLIM at 0.90%.
- Live since 2011, a long run for such a narrow slice of the market, and it still does one job: track the MVIS US Mortgage REITs Index.
- Rules-based and actively traded, so the holdings come from published index criteria rather than a manager's calls, and shares change hands readily.
- Distributions land on a quarterly schedule, in step with a segment whose businesses are built around interest income rather than rent checks.
Worth knowing
- Concentrated by design at roughly two dozen names, so one company's stumble carries real weight in the fund.
- Mortgage REITs borrow to hold mortgage assets, which makes this corner more sensitive to rate and credit swings than a property-owning REIT fund.
- One country, one industry. Cheaper real estate options exist (NURE at 0.35%), but they buy the landlords, not the lenders.
MORT Holdings
- Other
- 26
- 73%
- NLY
Sectors
- Real Estate100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
MORT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
MORT$8,709
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | MORT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −17.6% |
| 1 month | −14.3% |
| 3 months | −19.5% |
| 1 year | −12.9% |
| 3 years | +1.9% |
| 5 years | −5.7% |
| 10 years | +0.2% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | MORT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −17.6% | |
| 2025 | +12.1% | |
| 2024 | +0.3% | |
| 2023 | +14.9% | |
| 2022 | −26.9% | |
| 2021 | +15.9% | |
| 2020 | −22.0% |
MORT in the news
MORT Dividends
- 18.51%
- $1.43
- $0.31 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
MORT Risk
- 19.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −0.02
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −42.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.93
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
MORT Cost
0.43%
MORT0.43%
- The middle half of Real Estate Sector funds
- Median 0.53%
1 of the 6 Real Estate Sector funds charge less.
Other funds in Real Estate Sector
- BNURENuveen Short-Term REITExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +12.0%
- BREMiShares Mortgage Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.48%1 year return −12.1%
- BSRETGlobal X - SuperDividend REIT ETFExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +0.3%
- DCLIMClimate Global-Climate Resilient REIT Index ETFExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return —
- DDVDNKingsbarn Dividend Opportunity ETFExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return −27.2%