iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF (BATS:EMHY) Short Interest Up 95.5% in May

Posted by ABMN Staff on Jun 14th, 2026

iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF (BATS:EMHY – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 97,248 shares, a growth of 95.5% from the May 14th total of 49,732 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 91,496 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Ameriflex Group Inc. grew its position in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF by 204.3% during the third quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 1,570 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,000 after purchasing an additional 1,054 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Investment Advisors MI purchased a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $134,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors grew its position in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF by 10.9% during the fourth quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 5,789 shares of the company’s stock valued at $234,000 after purchasing an additional 567 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF by 20,692.9% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 5,822 shares of the company’s stock valued at $236,000 after purchasing an additional 5,794 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ruggiero Investments Inc. purchased a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $628,000.

iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of EMHY opened at $40.60 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $40.27 and its 200 day moving average price is $40.30. iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $38.23 and a 52 week high of $40.99.

iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF Company Profile

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The iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF (EMHY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund tracks an index comprising USD denominated emerging markets high yield bonds. EMHY was launched on Apr 3, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.