Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Short Interest Up 199.1% in August

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,312,129 shares, an increase of 199.1% from the July 30th total of 438,720 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,445,228 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 28.7% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 32,337,635 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,548,529,000 after acquiring an additional 7,213,590 shares during the period. Valpey Financial Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8,019.6% in the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 4,859,594 shares of the company’s stock worth $382,985,000 after acquiring an additional 4,799,744 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9.5% in the 4th quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 41,443,879 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,266,192,000 after acquiring an additional 3,590,668 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 29.0% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 12,644,333 shares of the company’s stock valued at $991,442,000 after purchasing an additional 2,845,980 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 79.5% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,928,304 shares of the company’s stock valued at $448,360,000 after purchasing an additional 2,624,848 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

BSV traded down $0.04 during trading on Thursday, hitting $77.66. The stock had a trading volume of 1,854,675 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,769,771. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $77.35 and a twelve month high of $79.32. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $77.64 and its 200 day moving average price is $78.09.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

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.