Short Interest in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) Declines By 33.3%

Posted by Brenda Bartman on Jul 31st, 2026

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD – Get Free Report) saw a large decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 198,706 shares, a decline of 33.3% from the June 30th total of 297,719 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 196,197 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. NBT Bank N A NY grew its stake in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 2,145.1% during the 1st quarter. NBT Bank N A NY now owns 1,145 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,000 after acquiring an additional 1,094 shares in the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $67,000. Adalta Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $396,000. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 14.4% during the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 11,377 shares of the company’s stock worth $574,000 after purchasing an additional 1,432 shares during the period. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 22.1% during the fourth quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 18,571 shares of the company’s stock worth $942,000 after purchasing an additional 3,362 shares during the period.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $50.18 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $50.23 and a 200-day simple moving average of $50.46. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $50.02 and a 12 month high of $50.99.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st were paid a $0.1839 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

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The iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of investment-grade, USD-denominated corporate bonds with 0-5 years remaining to maturity. SLQD was launched on Oct 15, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.