iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (BATS:GOVZ) Short Interest Up 158.0% in April

iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (BATS:GOVZ) saw a significant increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 100,722 shares, an increase of 158.0% from the April 15th total of 39,041 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 1,077,802 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF stock. Sankala Group LLC bought a new stake in iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF (BATS:GOVZ) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 278,663 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,734,000. iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF accounts for about 2.3% of Sankala Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Sankala Group LLC owned about 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 Stock Up 0.4%

iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF stock opened at $35.40 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $36.63 and its 200 day moving average is $37.59. iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $35.08 and a 52-week high of $41.02.

About iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF

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.