iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) Short Interest Update

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 133,507 shares, a decline of 20.3% from the January 15th total of 167,425 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 201,497 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 201,497 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P boosted its holdings in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 156.7% during the 4th quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P now owns 172,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,720,000 after acquiring an additional 105,000 shares during the period. Waterloo Capital L.P. lifted its position in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 44.1% during the second quarter. Waterloo Capital L.P. now owns 341,102 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,256,000 after purchasing an additional 104,429 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 37.1% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 244,298 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,359,000 after purchasing an additional 66,094 shares during the period. Crews Bank & Trust grew its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 7.6% in the fourth quarter. Crews Bank & Trust now owns 736,390 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,335,000 after purchasing an additional 52,047 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 936,991 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,617,000 after buying an additional 49,354 shares during the period.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF stock traded up $0.05 on Monday, reaching $50.88. The company had a trading volume of 392,083 shares, compared to its average volume of 214,023. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $50.74 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $50.73. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $49.61 and a 52-week high of $50.94.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1783 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of investment-grade, USD-denominated corporate bonds with 0-5 years remaining to maturity. SLQD was launched on Oct 15, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.