Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HTAX) Short Interest Up 71.9% in March

Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HTAX) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,925 shares, a growth of 71.9% from the March 15th total of 3,446 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,683 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of HTAX stock opened at $24.49 on Wednesday. Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $23.19 and a 1 year high of $24.86. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $24.49 and a two-hundred day moving average of $24.47.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HTAX. Titleist Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth $262,000. Citadel Advisors LLC bought a new position in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $296,000. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $723,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC bought a new position in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $1,339,000. Finally, Harbor Group Inc. boosted its stake in Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF by 1,106.8% during the 3rd quarter. Harbor Group Inc. now owns 655,736 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,951,000 after purchasing an additional 601,398 shares in the last quarter.

About Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF

The Macquarie National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF (HTAX) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund seeks to provide federal tax-exempt current income through an actively managed portfolio of US high-yield municipal bonds with varying maturities. The fund maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity between 5 and 30 years HTAX was launched on Mar 5, 2025 and is issued by Macquarie.