VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:UITB) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 73.4% in September

VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:UITB) saw a large decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,090 shares, a decline of 73.4% from the August 31st total of 49,129 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 241,912 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Trading of VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Insight Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF by 11.5% in the second quarter. Insight Wealth Partners LLC now owns 152,068 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,123,000 after purchasing an additional 15,656 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in shares of VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 149,015 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,980,000 after buying an additional 1,174 shares during the period. Citadel Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF by 49.0% in the second quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 86,454 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,049,000 after acquiring an additional 28,450 shares during the last quarter. HORAN Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF by 1.5% in the second quarter. HORAN Wealth LLC now owns 417,413 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,551,000 after acquiring an additional 6,311 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $277,000.

VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:UITB opened at $44.96 on Friday. VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $44.77 and a twelve month high of $48.06. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $45.93 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.51.

VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 9th were issued a $0.1657 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 9th. This represents a $1.99 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.4%. This is an increase from VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.1612.

About VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF

The Victory Portfolios II VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF (UITB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond index. The fund is an actively managed bond fund that invests primarily in US issues with a dollar-weighted average maturity of three to ten years. UITB was launched on Oct 24, 2017 and is managed by VictoryShares.