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 growth in short interest during the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 194,471 shares, a growth of 45.7% from the January 29th total of 133,507 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 215,556 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s shares are short sold. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 215,556 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P increased its stake 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 worth $8,720,000 after buying an additional 105,000 shares during the period. Waterloo Capital L.P. increased 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 acquiring an additional 104,429 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised 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 acquiring an additional 66,094 shares in the last quarter. Crews Bank & Trust boosted its holdings in 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 during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew 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 purchasing an additional 49,354 shares in the last quarter.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of SLQD traded down $0.02 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $50.71. 143,552 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 209,385. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $49.61 and a 52-week high of $50.99. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $50.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $50.76.

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

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a $0.1803 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.3%. This is an increase from iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18.

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.