Short Interest in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HTAX) Drops By 46.9%

Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HTAX) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,857 shares, a drop of 46.9% from the July 15th total of 12,907 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,797 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in HTAX. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its stake in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF by 57.9% in the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 86,945 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,103,000 after acquiring an additional 31,895 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF during the first quarter worth $723,000. Citadel Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at $296,000. Finally, Titleist Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $262,000.

Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:HTAX traded down $0.09 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $24.28. 4,429 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,054. Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $23.19 and a fifty-two week high of $25.08. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $24.69 and a 200-day simple moving average of $24.58.

About Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF

The Macquarie National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF (HTAX) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund seeks to provide federal tax-exempt current income through an actively managed portfolio of US high-yield municipal bonds with varying maturities. The fund maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity between 5 and 30 years HTAX was launched on Mar 5, 2025 and is issued by Macquarie.