Short Interest in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Declines By 71.2%

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) was the target of a large decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 626,623 shares, a decline of 71.2% from the May 31st total of 2,176,348 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,880,227 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Betterment LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.3% during the 3rd quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 600,389 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,377,000 after buying an additional 30,133 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 200,894 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,832,000 after acquiring an additional 11,652 shares during the last quarter. Evolution Advisers Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.0% during the 4th quarter. Evolution Advisers Inc. now owns 233,077 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,368,000 after purchasing an additional 11,098 shares during the last quarter. Compass Planning Associates Inc grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 73.5% during the 4th quarter. Compass Planning Associates Inc now owns 288,726 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,754,000 after buying an additional 122,291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bath Savings Trust Co grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 20.0% in the fourth quarter. Bath Savings Trust Co now owns 82,904 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,534,000 after purchasing an additional 13,841 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA BSV traded down $0.01 during trading on Monday, reaching $78.02. 3,073,404 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,841,652. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $77.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $78.45. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $77.57 and a 52-week high of $79.32.

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.