iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:TLH) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:TLH) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 400,950 shares, an increase of 106.3% from the August 15th total of 194,331 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,153,127 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Integrity Alliance LLC. raised its stake in iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 28.2% in the fourth quarter. Integrity Alliance LLC. now owns 131,986 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,419,000 after buying an additional 29,006 shares in the last quarter. Systelligence LLC lifted its position in iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 13.7% during the first quarter. Systelligence LLC now owns 70,221 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,073,000 after acquiring an additional 8,481 shares during the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC boosted its stake in iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 96.5% in the fourth quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 91,178 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,270,000 after acquiring an additional 44,768 shares in the last quarter. Summit Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth $16,415,000. Finally, Icon Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 251,916 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,612,000 after purchasing an additional 5,566 shares during the last quarter.

iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of TLH stock traded down $0.21 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $94.82. The company had a trading volume of 1,669,588 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,320,885. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $97.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $99.27. iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $94.61 and a 52-week high of $105.46.

About iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF

The iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE U.S. Treasury 10-20 Year TR index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of debt issued by the U.S. Treasury TLH was launched on Jan 5, 2007 and is managed by BlackRock.