iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:QLTA) Short Interest Down 54.7% in June

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:QLTA) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 101,842 shares, a decrease of 54.7% from the May 31st total of 224,587 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 155,906 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $47.69 on Monday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $47.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $47.84. iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $46.78 and a 52 week high of $49.02.

Institutional Trading of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLTA. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 200.0% during the fourth quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 750,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,068,000 after buying an additional 500,000 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bought a new position in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF during the first quarter worth $14,357,000. Diversify Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter worth $10,965,000. UBS Group AG raised its stake in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 52.5% during the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 534,904 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,927,000 after purchasing an additional 184,233 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 252.2% in the 1st quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 200,117 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,504,000 after purchasing an additional 143,304 shares during the period.

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (QLTA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of dollar-denominated fixed-rate corporate bonds rated AAA-A issued by US and non-US corporations with maturities of at least one year. QLTA was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.