Short Interest in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) Increases By 25.7%

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 178,400 shares, an increase of 25.7% from the August 15th total of 141,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 192,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. TIAA Trust National Association grew its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 504,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,870,000 after acquiring an additional 10,871 shares in the last quarter. Sierra Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 11.2% during the 2nd quarter. Sierra Capital LLC now owns 116,771 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,751,000 after purchasing an additional 11,735 shares during the last quarter. Fairview Capital Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Fairview Capital Investment Management LLC now owns 91,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,514,000 after purchasing an additional 4,525 shares in the last quarter. Waterloo Capital L.P. raised its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 340.9% during the 2nd quarter. Waterloo Capital L.P. now owns 91,738 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,518,000 after purchasing an additional 70,931 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Argent Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 4.7% in the 1st quarter. Argent Advisors Inc. now owns 36,305 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,787,000 after purchasing an additional 1,616 shares during the last quarter.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

NASDAQ:SLQD traded up $0.04 on Monday, hitting $50.36. 76,186 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 223,226. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $47.65 and a 1 year high of $50.37. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $49.84 and a 200-day moving average price of $49.34.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1602 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of investment-grade, USD-denominated corporate bonds with 0-5 years remaining to maturity. SLQD was launched on Oct 15, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.