iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (NASDAQ:COMT) Short Interest Update

iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (NASDAQ:COMT) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 123,349 shares, a decrease of 26.2% from the January 15th total of 167,141 shares. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 212,760 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days. Based on an average trading volume of 212,760 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vontobel Holding Ltd. lifted its position in iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF by 186.1% during the fourth quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 601,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,984,000 after acquiring an additional 391,500 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF by 5.3% during the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 11,720 shares of the company’s stock valued at $292,000 after purchasing an additional 591 shares during the last quarter. Pettinga Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Pettinga Financial Advisors LLC now owns 63,506 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,581,000 after buying an additional 1,055 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 56,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,418,000 after buying an additional 2,031 shares during the period. Finally, Spectrum Planning & Advisory Services Inc. grew its position in iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF by 8.2% during the fourth quarter. Spectrum Planning & Advisory Services Inc. now owns 13,633 shares of the company’s stock valued at $339,000 after buying an additional 1,039 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF stock opened at $26.70 on Friday. iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF has a twelve month low of $23.11 and a twelve month high of $28.36. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $26.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $26.42. The firm has a market cap of $672.84 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -12.90 and a beta of 0.23.

iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced an annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a $1.9271 dividend. This represents a yield of 795.0%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th. iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF’s payout ratio is -59.90%.

iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF Company Profile

The iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (COMT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll index. The fund tracks a broad-market commodity index that utilizes a flexible dynamic roll strategy. COMT was launched on Oct 16, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.