iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (BATS:LQDI) Short Interest Update

iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (BATS:LQDI) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 1,641 shares, a decline of 51.6% from the May 14th total of 3,392 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,292 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LQDI. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 6.8% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 311,388 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,246,000 after buying an additional 19,852 shares during the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 22.2% in the 4th quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 309,302 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,190,000 after acquiring an additional 56,129 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 10.3% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 275,682 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,419,000 after acquiring an additional 25,663 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 105,510 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,757,000 after acquiring an additional 3,901 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 86,584 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,263,000 after acquiring an additional 1,186 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS LQDI opened at $26.41 on Friday. iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $25.75 and a 12 month high of $27.20. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $26.41 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $26.46.

iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (LQDI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index that holds the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), which targets investment-grade corporate bond, while using swaps to hedge inflation risk. LQDI was launched on May 8, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.