iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LMUB) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LMUB) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 456,619 shares, a growth of 247.3% from the August 31st total of 131,492 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 957,410 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:LMUB opened at $46.78 on Friday. iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $46.56 and a 52 week high of $53.52. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $49.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $50.05.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in LMUB. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. raised its position in iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF by 8.2% during the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 883,578 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,257,000 after purchasing an additional 66,647 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF by 7.3% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 12,886,730 shares of the company’s stock valued at $660,058,000 after buying an additional 872,969 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its position in iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF by 38.3% in the second quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 11,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $584,000 after buying an additional 3,158 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF by 335.3% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 51,261 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,626,000 after buying an additional 39,486 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc boosted its stake in iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF by 30.4% during the second quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,000 after buying an additional 524 shares during the period.

About iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF

The iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF (LMUB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund is passively managed to track an index composed of investment-grade US municipal bonds with remaining maturities of 12 years or more. Securities are selected based on credit quality and duration LMUB was launched on Mar 17, 2025 and is issued by BlackRock.