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

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) saw a significant decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 63,605 shares, a decline of 45.0% from the April 30th total of 115,570 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 569,476 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:BLV traded up $0.09 on Tuesday, reaching $68.56. The company had a trading volume of 1,547,258 shares, compared to its average volume of 881,057. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $66.49 and a twelve month high of $72.63. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $68.50 and a 200 day moving average price of $69.55.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Milestone Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $851,000. Country Trust Bank lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 98.4% in the fourth quarter. Country Trust Bank now owns 700,677 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,711,000 after buying an additional 347,564 shares during the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 58.8% in the fourth quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 1,659,604 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,376,000 after buying an additional 614,246 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 11.3% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 77,964 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,420,000 after buying an additional 7,899 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Asset Allocation & Management Company LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $713,000.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Bond Index Funds (the Fund), formerly Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF, seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.Long 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 greater than 10 years and are publicly issued.