Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Short Interest Down 62.4% in July

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) saw a large drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 438,720 shares, a drop of 62.4% from the July 15th total of 1,166,327 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 2,419,373 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BSV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 28.7% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 32,337,635 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,548,529,000 after buying an additional 7,213,590 shares during the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8,019.6% during 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 last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its position in 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 valued at $3,266,192,000 after acquiring an additional 3,590,668 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position 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 acquiring an additional 2,845,980 shares during the period. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 79.5% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,928,304 shares of the company’s stock valued at $448,360,000 after acquiring an additional 2,624,848 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

BSV traded down $0.06 on Friday, reaching $77.63. The stock had a trading volume of 1,891,505 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,817,377. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.35 and a fifty-two week high of $79.32. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $77.66 and a 200-day moving average of $78.16.

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.