Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) saw a significant decrease in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 5,734,071 shares, a decrease of 37.5% from the May 14th total of 9,169,946 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,027,352 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:BND opened at $73.24 on Monday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 52-week low of $72.34 and a 52-week high of $75.23. The business’s 50 day moving average is $73.37 and its 200 day moving average is $73.92.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a $0.2473 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of BND. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 15.0% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 124,929,480 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,253,527,000 after acquiring an additional 16,287,510 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.7% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 124,942,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,292,008,000 after acquiring an additional 10,046,828 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.3% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 139,629,587 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,342,364,000 after acquiring an additional 8,283,073 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 9.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 78,903,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,844,363,000 after acquiring an additional 6,989,480 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7,708.3% during the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 5,236,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $387,899,000 after acquiring an additional 5,169,861 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a broad, market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities with maturities of at least one year. BND was launched on Apr 3, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.