Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) saw a significant growth in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,351,560 shares, a growth of 115.7% from the June 15th total of 626,623 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,168,224 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:BSV opened at $77.70 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $77.44 and a 52-week high of $79.32. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $77.81 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.34.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BSV. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 6.2% in the 4th quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 200,894 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,832,000 after buying an additional 11,652 shares during the period. Evolution Advisers Inc. increased its stake 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 acquiring an additional 11,098 shares during the last quarter. Compass Planning Associates Inc lifted its holdings in shares of 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 worth $22,754,000 after acquiring an additional 122,291 shares during the period. Bath Savings Trust Co lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 20.0% during the 4th quarter. Bath Savings Trust Co now owns 82,904 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,534,000 after acquiring an additional 13,841 shares during the period. Finally, REDW Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.8% in the fourth quarter. REDW Wealth LLC now owns 167,017 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,163,000 after acquiring an additional 7,631 shares during the last quarter.

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.