iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:QLTA) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 325.3% in September

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:QLTA) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 190,888 shares, an increase of 325.3% from the September 15th total of 44,888 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 234,511 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Global Assets Advisory LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 2.8% in the first quarter. Global Assets Advisory LLC now owns 12,520 shares of the company’s stock worth $596,000 after purchasing an additional 344 shares during the last quarter. Signature Equity Partners LLC grew its stake in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 250.0% during the first quarter. Signature Equity Partners LLC now owns 553 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 395 shares during the period. Weaver Consulting Group grew its position in shares of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 6.8% during the 3rd quarter. Weaver Consulting Group now owns 6,852 shares of the company’s stock worth $308,000 after buying an additional 435 shares during the period. Hanover Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 1.6% in the first quarter. Hanover Advisors Inc. now owns 31,317 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,490,000 after purchasing an additional 480 shares during the period. Finally, AMG National Trust Bank increased its position in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 5.3% in the 1st quarter. AMG National Trust Bank now owns 9,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $469,000 after buying an additional 500 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:QLTA opened at $45.17 on Tuesday. iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $44.43 and a 1 year high of $49.02. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $45.96 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.85.

About iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (QLTA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of dollar-denominated fixed-rate corporate bonds rated AAA-A issued by US and non-US corporations with maturities of at least one year. QLTA was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.