Hartford Total Return Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HTRB) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

Hartford Total Return Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HTRB) saw a significant growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 52,130 shares, a growth of 55.2% from the February 26th total of 33,599 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 373,491 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Hartford Total Return Bond ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Hartford Total Return Bond ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. now owns 102,738 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,523,000 after buying an additional 319 shares during the last quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Hartford Total Return Bond ETF by 9.2% during the 3rd quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,557 shares of the company’s stock worth $156,000 after acquiring an additional 385 shares during the last quarter. Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Hartford Total Return Bond ETF by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,426 shares of the company’s stock worth $749,000 after acquiring an additional 438 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in Hartford Total Return Bond ETF by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 39,699 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,356,000 after acquiring an additional 453 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fermata Advisors LLC increased its position in Hartford Total Return Bond ETF by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. Fermata Advisors LLC now owns 10,920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $373,000 after acquiring an additional 715 shares in the last quarter.

Hartford Total Return Bond ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA HTRB opened at $33.61 on Friday. Hartford Total Return Bond ETF has a one year low of $32.88 and a one year high of $34.82. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $34.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is $34.34.

Hartford Total Return Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 27th were paid a $0.1173 dividend. This is an increase from Hartford Total Return Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.10. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 27th.

Hartford Total Return Bond ETF Company Profile

The Hartford Total Return Bond ETF (HTRB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond index. The fund is an actively managed fund that invests in a wide array of global fixed income instruments considered attractive from a total-return perspective, with current income as a secondary goal. HTRB was launched on Sep 27, 2017 and is managed by Hartford.