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VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF

MORTNYSE ArcaVanEckB

$7.58−0.14 (−1.81%)

At close: Nov 3, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

B66/ 100

Rank 1 of 6 in Real Estate Sector

B66/100Rank 1 of 6inReal Estate Sector
Intraday session: down, 79 prints from 7.72 to 7.58. Range 7.54 to 7.68. Use the arrow keys to read each point.7.557.607.657.7010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.43%
Fund size
$313M
1Y total return
−13.6%
Yield · Last 12 months
18.51%
Holdings
27
Avg volume · 30D
1.5M sh
52W range
low $7.40high $11.44
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net MORT Grade

B

Score 66 out of 100

Category
Real Estate Sector⁠
Rank
1 of 6
Six-pillar profile for MORT. Scores out of 100: Cost 67, Risk 31, Mission 97, Tradability 59, Holdings 45, Durability 69. Strongest: Mission (97). Weakest: Risk (31). Leans toward Mission.

Score 66 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 100
    Rank 2 of 6

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A97 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 5

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    D31 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 6

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B59 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 6

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C45 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 6

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B69 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 6

Our read on MORT

ETF.net Research

In short

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.

Stated mandate

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

Holdings pillarC45 out of 100Rank 5 of 6 in Real Estate Sector
Asset class
Other
Holdings
27
Top-10 weight
73%
Largest holding
NLY18.5%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1NLYAnnaly Capital Management Inc18.55%3,188,667$58.1M161
2AGNCAgnc Investment Corp14.88%5,391,442$46.6M130
3RITMRithm Capital Corp6.75%2,273,808$21.2M113
4STWDStarwood Property Trust Inc6.17%1,585,595$19.3M117
5DXDynex Capital Inc5.19%1,527,176$16.3M68
6EFCEllington Financial Inc4.88%1,340,396$15.3M83
7BXMTBlackstone Mortgage Trust Inc4.46%1,271,405$14M91
8ARRArmour Residential REIT Inc4.33%1,090,572$13.6M85
9ORCOrchid Island Capital Inc4.12%2,687,145$12.9M56
10LADRLadder Capital Corp4.00%1,367,928$12.5M67
11MFAMfa Financial Inc2.64%1,243,533$8.28M62
12CIMChimera Investment Corp2.56%966,202$8.02M56
13IVRInvesco Mortgage Capital Inc2.55%1,503,950$7.99M48
14ADAMAdamas Trust Inc2.24%1,073,115$7.02M67
15PMTPennymac Mortgage Investment Trust2.11%887,311$6.63M87

Showing 1–15 of 27 holdings

MORT Performance

Launched Aug 16, 2011

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

MORT$8,641
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,146
Oct 31, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026. MORT $8,641. SPY $11,146. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,000$10,000$11,000Oct 2025May 2026Nov 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Nov 2, 2026

Returns run to the Nov 2, 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.

Trailing total return for MORT. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodMORT
Year to date−17.6%
1 month−2.2%
3 months−17.1%
1 year−13.6%
3 yearsper year+2.4%
5 yearsper year−5.9%
10 yearsper year+0.1%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for MORT
YearReturn barMORT
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

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Nov 2, 2026.
18.51%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.43Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.31 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Apr 3, 2017 $0.42; Jul 3, 2017 $0.39; Oct 2, 2017 $0.47; Dec 27, 2017 $0.61; Apr 2, 2018 $0.42; Jul 2, 2018 $0.38; Oct 1, 2018 $0.48; Dec 27, 2018 $0.46; Apr 1, 2019 $0.38; Jul 1, 2019 $0.37; Oct 1, 2019 $0.39; Dec 30, 2019 $0.64; Apr 1, 2020 $0.37; Jul 1, 2020 $0.30; Oct 1, 2020 $0.34; Dec 29, 2020 $0.35; Apr 1, 2021 $0.33; Jul 1, 2021 $0.30; Oct 1, 2021 $0.41; Dec 29, 2021 $0.44; Apr 1, 2022 $0.39; Jul 1, 2022 $0.33; Oct 3, 2022 $0.41; Dec 28, 2022 $0.40; Apr 3, 2023 $0.47; Jul 3, 2023 $0.29; Oct 2, 2023 $0.34; Dec 27, 2023 $0.34; Apr 1, 2024 $0.30; Jul 1, 2024 $0.25; Oct 1, 2024 $0.32; Dec 27, 2024 $0.36; Apr 1, 2025 $0.38; Jul 1, 2025 $0.26; Oct 1, 2025 $0.36; Dec 29, 2025 $0.34; Apr 1, 2026 $0.36; Jul 1, 2026 $0.43; Oct 1, 2026 $0.31. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Oct 1, 2026Oct 6, 2026$0.31
Jul 1, 2026Jul 7, 2026$0.43
Apr 1, 2026Apr 7, 2026$0.36
Dec 29, 2025Dec 31, 2025$0.34
Oct 1, 2025Oct 6, 2025$0.36
Jul 1, 2025Jul 7, 2025$0.26
Apr 1, 2025Apr 4, 2025$0.38
Dec 27, 2024Dec 30, 2024$0.36
Oct 1, 2024Oct 4, 2024$0.32
Jul 1, 2024Jul 5, 2024$0.25
Apr 1, 2024Apr 5, 2024$0.30
Dec 27, 2023Dec 29, 2023$0.34

See all 61 payments⁠

$10,000 in MORT 10 years ago paid $7,046 in dividends.⁠

MORT Risk

Risk pillarD31 out of 100Rank 5 of 6 in Real Estate Sector
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
18.2%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.07
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−42.5%
Trough Oct 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.93
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

MORT Cost

Compare MORT and NURE

Overpaying vs NURE, cheapest in Real Estate Sector

$1,342

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • MORT 0.43%

    $8,662

  • NURE 0.36% Cheapest

    $7,320

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • MORT 0.43%
  • NURE 0.36%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K$10K051015202530MORT $8,662NURE $7,320

Year by year

YearMORTNUREOverpaying
10$776$652$124
20$2,994$2,522$472
30$8,662$7,320$1,342

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