iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:QLTA) Short Interest Down 96.6% in March

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:QLTA) was the target of a large decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,895 shares, a decrease of 96.6% from the February 26th total of 86,354 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 315,925 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short.

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA QLTA traded down $0.31 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $47.17. 424,176 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 334,025. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $48.09 and its 200-day simple moving average is $48.30. iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $45.81 and a twelve month high of $49.02.

Institutional Trading of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLTA. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $2,231,000. C2P Capital Advisory Group LLC d.b.a. Prosperity Capital Advisors purchased a new stake in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at $3,714,000. CreativeOne Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 5.4% during the second quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 110,591 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,291,000 after purchasing an additional 5,676 shares during the last quarter. Detalus Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 86.1% during the third quarter. Detalus Advisors LLC now owns 24,340 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,180,000 after purchasing an additional 11,261 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Madison Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 12.4% during the third quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC now owns 191,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,284,000 after purchasing an additional 21,083 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

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.