Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF (BATS:VCEB) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 328.8% in September

Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF (BATS:VCEB) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 219,134 shares, a growth of 328.8% from the August 31st total of 51,101 shares. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 97,983 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days.

Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

BATS VCEB opened at $60.01 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $61.25 and its two-hundred day moving average is $62.20. Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $59.79 and a 1 year high of $64.90.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 7,104.5% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,852,641 shares of the company’s stock valued at $116,401,000 after purchasing an additional 1,826,926 shares during the last quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its holdings in Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 11.3% during the fourth quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 447,906 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,556,000 after buying an additional 45,477 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 3.5% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 275,889 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,315,000 after buying an additional 9,435 shares during the period. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management grew its position in shares of Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 11.6% during the 1st quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 211,926 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,315,000 after buying an additional 22,081 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF by 135.7% in the 1st quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 206,536 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,977,000 after acquiring an additional 118,903 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF

The Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF (VCEB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg MSCI US Corp SRI Select index. The fund tracks an index of US investment-grade corporate bonds of varying maturities, selected based on certain ESG traits provided by MSCI ESG research. VCEB was launched on Sep 22, 2020 and is managed by Vanguard.