iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (NASDAQ:EWJV) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (NASDAQ:EWJV) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 137,228 shares, a decrease of 71.5% from the May 31st total of 480,861 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 107,738 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 115.6% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 802,802 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,897,000 after purchasing an additional 430,398 shares during the period. Guardian Partners Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 933.4% during the 3rd quarter. Guardian Partners Inc. now owns 427,575 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,576,000 after purchasing an additional 386,199 shares during the last quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 968.3% during the 4th quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 142,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,667,000 after buying an additional 129,303 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 38.0% during the 3rd quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 446,596 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,441,000 after buying an additional 122,887 shares during the period. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 121.5% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 159,833 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,318,000 after buying an additional 87,663 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:EWJV opened at $44.33 on Friday. iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF has a 1 year low of $33.62 and a 1 year high of $47.69. The stock has a market capitalization of $749.18 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.93 and a beta of 0.46. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $44.54 and its 200 day simple moving average is $43.29.

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $0.4831 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (EWJV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Japan Value index. The fund tracks a multi-factor-selected, market cap-weighted portfolio of Japanese equities. EWJV was launched on Mar 5, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.