iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF (NYSEARCA:LDRT) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF (NYSEARCA:LDRT) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 30,537 shares, a growth of 215.9% from the April 15th total of 9,666 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 92,381 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF stock. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF (NYSEARCA:LDRT) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 140,961 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,559,000. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC owned approximately 4.17% of iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF stock traded down $0.07 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $25.03. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 10,461 shares, compared to its average volume of 44,620. iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF has a 12-month low of $25.00 and a 12-month high of $25.80. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $25.20 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $25.30.

About iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF

The iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETF (LDRT) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund is a fund-of-funds, tracking an equally-weighted index that staggers maturities across a portfolio of underlying iShares iBonds Treasury ETFs, all maturing within six years. Each underlying fund comprises US Treasury bonds Government, Treasury Investment Grade annually. LDRT was launched on Nov 7, 2024 and is issued by BlackRock.