iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (BATS:GOVZ) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 140.3% in September

iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (BATS:GOVZ) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 125,756 shares, an increase of 140.3% from the August 31st total of 52,327 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 460,113 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF Stock Performance

GOVZ stock opened at $32.12 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $33.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.32. iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $31.82 and a 52 week high of $41.02.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently bought a new position in iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF stock. Sankala Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (BATS:GOVZ) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 278,663 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,734,000. iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF makes up about 2.3% of Sankala Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Sankala Group LLC owned approximately 0.98% of iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (GOVZ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value weighted index of US separate trading of registered interest and principal securities (STRIPS), with remaining maturities of at least 25 years. GOVZ was launched on Sep 22, 2020 and is managed by BlackRock.