Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF (BATS:VSDB) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 94.1% in September

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF (BATS:VSDB) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 18,910 shares, a decrease of 94.1% from the September 15th total of 319,750 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 75,503 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days. Currently, 2.9% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF by 77.3% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 7,703 shares of the company’s stock valued at $575,000 after acquiring an additional 3,359 shares during the last quarter. Worth Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF by 167.4% during the 3rd quarter. Worth Asset Management LLC now owns 25,509 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,904,000 after buying an additional 15,968 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $306,000. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF by 51.5% in the 2nd quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC now owns 203,992 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,573,000 after buying an additional 69,337 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF in the second quarter worth $344,000.

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF stock traded down $0.03 on Friday, hitting $74.65. 42,888 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 95,316. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $75.44 and its 200 day simple moving average is $75.90. Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $74.28 and a 1 year high of $77.64.

About Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF

Vanguard Malvern Funds – Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by The Vanguard Group, Inc The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund primarily invests in bonds, which include fixed income securities such as corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury obligations and other U.S. government and agency securities, and asset-backed, mortgage-backed and mortgage-related securities. It invests in bond with dollar-weighted average maturity between 1 and 5 years.