Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Short Interest Up 115.7% in June

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,351,560 shares, a growth of 115.7% from the June 15th total of 626,623 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,168,224 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.0%

NYSEARCA BSV traded down $0.01 during trading on Thursday, reaching $77.70. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,620,698 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,797,241. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $77.81 and its 200-day moving average price is $78.34. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $77.44 and a twelve month high of $79.32.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 7,213,590 shares during the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8,019.6% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 4,859,594 shares of the company’s stock worth $382,985,000 after purchasing an additional 4,799,744 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% during the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,986,997,000 after purchasing an additional 3,776,279 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 29.0% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 12,644,333 shares of the company’s stock worth $991,442,000 after purchasing an additional 2,845,980 shares during the period. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 79.5% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,928,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $448,360,000 after purchasing an additional 2,624,848 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

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.