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

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of 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. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 2,168,224 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of BSV. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 11,652 shares in the last quarter. Evolution Advisers Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. Evolution Advisers Inc. now owns 233,077 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,368,000 after buying an additional 11,098 shares in the last quarter. Compass Planning Associates Inc lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 73.5% during the fourth quarter. Compass Planning Associates Inc now owns 288,726 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,754,000 after buying an additional 122,291 shares in the last quarter. Bath Savings Trust Co grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 20.0% during the fourth quarter. Bath Savings Trust Co now owns 82,904 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,534,000 after buying an additional 13,841 shares during the period. Finally, REDW Wealth LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. REDW Wealth LLC now owns 167,017 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,163,000 after buying an additional 7,631 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF stock traded up $0.14 on Wednesday, hitting $77.75. 952,974 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,797,781. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $77.44 and a 52 week high of $79.32. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $77.82 and its 200-day moving average price is $78.35.

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.