iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF (BATS:MEAR) Short Interest Update

iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF (BATS:MEAR) saw a significant decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,135 shares, a decline of 91.2% from the August 31st total of 92,197 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 316,601 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.

iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF Stock Performance

BATS:MEAR traded down $0.08 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $49.74. 416,865 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 184,659. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $50.13 and its 200-day moving average price is $50.24. iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF has a one year low of $49.71 and a one year high of $50.79.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Centennial Bank AR increased its holdings in iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF by 183.6% in the 4th quarter. Centennial Bank AR now owns 1,730 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,000 after acquiring an additional 1,120 shares in the last quarter. Blueline Advisors LLC purchased a new position in iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $116,000. Friedenthal Financial bought a new position in shares of iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $134,000. BDFS Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $213,000. Finally, Valmark Advisers Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $235,000.

About iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF

The iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF (MEAR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund holds a portfolio of actively managed municipal bonds and targets a weighted average portfolio maturity of 3 years or less. MEAR was launched on Mar 3, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.