iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 307,471 shares, a growth of 81.1% from the June 15th total of 169,763 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 119,881 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Operose Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 145.9% in the fourth quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 777 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 461 shares during the last quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP grew its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 99.2% during the first quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 468 shares during the last quarter. Union Savings Bank purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $84,000. Sherman Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 80.3% during the fourth quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,456 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,000 after buying an additional 1,094 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Manning & Napier Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 69.8% during the fourth quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC now owns 2,889 shares of the company’s stock valued at $133,000 after acquiring an additional 1,188 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.1%

BATS ESML opened at $54.30 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $53.53 and its 200-day moving average price is $50.52. The stock has a market cap of $2.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF has a 12 month low of $40.79 and a 12 month high of $56.07.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.