iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF (BATS:EWUS) Short Interest Up 94.8% in June

iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF (BATS:EWUS) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 16,801 shares, an increase of 94.8% from the May 31st total of 8,625 shares. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,345 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

BATS EWUS opened at $41.99 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF has a 1 year low of $38.02 and a 1 year high of $45.04. The business’s fifty day moving average is $42.34 and its two-hundred day moving average is $42.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.99 million, a P/E ratio of 14.52 and a beta of 1.10.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of EWUS. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF during the third quarter valued at $1,066,000. Rathbones Group PLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $566,000. Finally, Sankala Group LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $1,454,000.

About iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF

The iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF (EWUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI United Kingdom Small Cap index, a market-cap-weighted index of small-cap United Kingdom companies. EWUS was launched on Jan 25, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.