iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:IBTH) Short Interest Up 56.6% in February

iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:IBTH) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 252,700 shares, an increase of 56.6% from the February 13th total of 161,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 480,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in IBTH. Boston Family Office LLC boosted its holdings in iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF by 38.3% in the third quarter. Boston Family Office LLC now owns 100,844 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,283,000 after acquiring an additional 27,917 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF by 59.7% in the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 811,921 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,378,000 after acquiring an additional 303,365 shares during the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new position in iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at $1,058,000. Confluence Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 1,417,941 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,474,000 after purchasing an additional 61,970 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Horizons Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF by 293.1% during the fourth quarter. Horizons Wealth Management now owns 39,212 shares of the company’s stock worth $870,000 after purchasing an additional 29,236 shares in the last quarter.

iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF stock traded down $0.01 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $22.35. The stock had a trading volume of 173,449 shares, compared to its average volume of 422,993. iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF has a twelve month low of $21.79 and a twelve month high of $22.69. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $22.25 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.32.

iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a $0.0686 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF Company Profile

The iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF (IBTH) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE 2027 Maturity US Treasury index. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US Treasury bonds maturing between January and December 2027. The fund will terminate in December 2027. IBTH was launched on Feb 25, 2020 and is managed by BlackRock.