Short Interest in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) Grows By 129.2%

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,690,000 shares, an increase of 129.2% from the March 31st total of 1,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,222,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF stock traded up $0.15 on Friday, hitting $70.72. The company had a trading volume of 4,083,264 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,955,365. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1 year low of $67.99 and a 1 year high of $74.38. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $71.89 and a 200-day moving average of $71.66.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were paid a $0.2163 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Morgan Stanley increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 82,574,735 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,762,065,000 after acquiring an additional 2,061,088 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 10.1% during the fourth quarter. Creative Planning now owns 61,103,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,494,171,000 after acquiring an additional 5,594,165 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 42,651,470 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,976,220,000 after acquiring an additional 314,511 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.0% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 33,541,772 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,340,545,000 after acquiring an additional 2,478,188 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 22.9% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,073,533 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,285,458,000 after acquiring an additional 5,792,806 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a broad, market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities with maturities of at least one year. BND was launched on Apr 3, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.