iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:USXF) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:USXF) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 126,819 shares, a growth of 238.9% from the June 15th total of 37,422 shares. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 63,256 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Investors Research Corp raised its holdings in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 18.6% during the second quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 995 shares of the company’s stock worth $69,000 after purchasing an additional 156 shares in the last quarter. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $213,000. Accel Wealth Management bought a new position in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $201,000. Highland Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 60.7% during the 2nd quarter. Highland Financial Advisors LLC now owns 77,452 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,379,000 after purchasing an additional 29,248 shares during the period. Finally, Focus Financial Network Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 46.2% during the 2nd quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 5,757 shares of the company’s stock valued at $400,000 after purchasing an additional 1,820 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF Stock Up 1.2%

Shares of USXF opened at $68.25 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.45 billion, a PE ratio of 28.41 and a beta of 1.08. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $67.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $61.61. iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF has a 52-week low of $53.05 and a 52-week high of $69.89.

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $0.1226 dividend. This represents a $0.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

About iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF

The iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF (USXF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Choice ESG Screened index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap US equities screened for positive environmental, social and governance rating while also screening for involvement in controversial activities. USXF was launched on Jun 16, 2020 and is managed by BlackRock.