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) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 66,600 shares, a decrease of 34.6% from the September 15th total of 101,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 251,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days. Based on an average trading volume of 251,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SLQD. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its stake in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 24.8% during the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 20,862 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,049,000 after acquiring an additional 4,140 shares in the last quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV grew its position in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 3.4% during the first quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 423,385 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,288,000 after purchasing an additional 13,947 shares in the last quarter. Argent Advisors Inc. increased its stake in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 20.7% in the 1st quarter. Argent Advisors Inc. now owns 38,894 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,956,000 after buying an additional 6,671 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association lifted its position in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 505,553 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,419,000 after buying an additional 2,640 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Colonial Trust Advisors lifted its position in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 10.7% in the 1st quarter. Colonial Trust Advisors now owns 256,394 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,891,000 after buying an additional 24,682 shares in the last quarter.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.0%

NASDAQ SLQD opened at $50.88 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $50.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $50.44. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $49.53 and a twelve month high of $50.92.

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

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a dividend of $0.179 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 1st.

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.