Short Interest in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) Rises By 25.3%

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 110,887 shares, an increase of 25.3% from the February 26th total of 88,507 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,429,648 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 25,526,720 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,988,021,000 after purchasing an additional 1,249,895 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 19,586,319 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,529,496,000 after buying an additional 1,016,721 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 13.3% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 11,227,638 shares of the company’s stock valued at $874,408,000 after acquiring an additional 1,315,707 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $672,555,000. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 11.8% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 7,471,592 shares of the company’s stock valued at $581,888,000 after acquiring an additional 790,288 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Stock Up 0.5%

BIV opened at $76.93 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $77.85 and a two-hundred day moving average of $78.06. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $74.44 and a fifty-two week high of $79.08.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a $0.2514 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with an intermediate-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities between 5 and 10 years and are publicly issued.