Short Interest in iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) Rises By 79.9%

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,331 shares, a growth of 79.9% from the April 30th total of 1,296 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 4,970 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF stock. Triumph Capital Management bought a new stake in iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 675 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,000. Triumph Capital Management owned approximately 0.06% of iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF Stock Down 0.2%

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF stock opened at $50.12 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $70.17 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.42 and a beta of 0.58. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $49.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $47.88. iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF has a 52 week low of $36.89 and a 52 week high of $52.00.

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF Company Profile

The iShares Asia\u002FPacific Dividend ETF (DVYA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high dividend yield equity. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of consistent highest dividend-yielding companies in the Asia-Pacific region. DVYA was launched on Feb 23, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.