Short Interest in iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (BATS:GOVZ) Increases By 158.0%

iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (BATS:GOVZ) saw a significant growth in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 100,722 shares, a growth of 158.0% from the April 15th total of 39,041 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,077,802 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF Stock Down 2.2%

Shares of BATS GOVZ opened at $34.63 on Friday. iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $34.55 and a 12-month high of $41.02. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $36.55 and its two-hundred day moving average is $37.57.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (BATS:GOVZ) by 315.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 63,735 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 48,400 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned about 0.22% of iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF worth $620,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

About iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF

The iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (GOVZ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value weighted index of US separate trading of registered interest and principal securities (STRIPS), with remaining maturities of at least 25 years. GOVZ was launched on Sep 22, 2020 and is managed by BlackRock.