Short Interest in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) Declines By 69.5%

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) saw a large drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 795,400 shares, a drop of 69.5% from the September 15th total of 2,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,838,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Down 0.0 %

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF stock opened at $73.81 on Friday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $67.99 and a fifty-two week high of $75.67. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $74.66 and a 200-day moving average price of $72.88.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.2255 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Creative Planning raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 11.5% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 84,438,154 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,083,769,000 after acquiring an additional 8,691,058 shares in the last quarter. Arizona PSPRS Trust purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $472,909,000. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,326,573 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,711,029,000 after purchasing an additional 6,253,040 shares in the last quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC now owns 27,905,696 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,065,731,000 after purchasing an additional 4,794,485 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 123.9% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 4,807,301 shares of the company’s stock worth $349,154,000 after purchasing an additional 2,660,678 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a broad, market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities with maturities of at least one year. BND was launched on Apr 3, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.