Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 626,623 shares, a decline of 71.2% from the May 31st total of 2,176,348 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,880,227 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

BSV stock opened at $78.03 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $77.57 and a 12 month high of $79.32. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $77.99 and a two-hundred day moving average of $78.45.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 41,443,879 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,266,192,000 after purchasing an additional 3,590,668 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 28.7% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 32,337,635 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,548,529,000 after buying an additional 7,213,590 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 19,624,938 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,546,641,000 after buying an additional 464,718 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 29.0% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 12,644,333 shares of the company’s stock valued at $991,442,000 after buying an additional 2,845,980 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 11,403,361 shares of the company’s stock worth $898,699,000 after buying an additional 593,220 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.