iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) Short Interest Update

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) saw a large decrease in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 105,700 shares, a decrease of 40.8% from the August 31st total of 178,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 198,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its holdings in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 4,049.8% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 9,918 shares of the company’s stock valued at $488,000 after buying an additional 9,679 shares in the last quarter. Fairview Capital Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. Fairview Capital Investment Management LLC now owns 91,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,514,000 after buying an additional 4,525 shares in the last quarter. Sierra Capital LLC grew its holdings in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 11.2% in the 2nd quarter. Sierra Capital LLC now owns 116,771 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,751,000 after buying an additional 11,735 shares in the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF during the 1st quarter worth $96,000. Finally, Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth $41,000.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of SLQD stock traded down $0.04 during trading on Thursday, reaching $50.35. 72,096 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 225,637. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $47.65 and a twelve month high of $50.45. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $49.99 and its 200-day moving average price is $49.42.

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

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

About iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

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.