Vanguard Total World Bond ETF (NASDAQ:BNDW) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Total World Bond ETF (NASDAQ:BNDW) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 22,700 shares, an increase of 124.8% from the February 13th total of 10,100 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 157,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of BNDW. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Bond ETF by 7.7% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 49,603 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,502,000 after buying an additional 3,558 shares during the last quarter. Nwam LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total World Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $209,000. CreativeOne Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total World Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $276,000. MML Investors Services LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Bond ETF by 3.3% during the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 6,690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $472,000 after buying an additional 216 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kings Path Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Total World Bond ETF by 27.6% in the fourth quarter. Kings Path Partners LLC now owns 15,178 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,035,000 after purchasing an additional 3,280 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total World Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BNDW stock opened at $68.32 on Friday. Vanguard Total World Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $66.88 and a 1 year high of $70.90. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $68.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $69.20.

Vanguard Total World Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.1717 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

Vanguard Total World Bond ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Total World Bond ETF (BNDW) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of global investment-grade bonds. BNDW was launched on Sep 4, 2018 and is managed by Vanguard.