Short Interest in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) Expands By 113.5%

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 443,910 shares, a growth of 113.5% from the May 14th total of 207,878 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 482,585 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Trading of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 7,775 shares of the company’s stock worth $322,000 after acquiring an additional 337 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 39.9% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,186 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 338 shares during the last quarter. Private Trust Co. NA increased its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 135.9% during the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 670 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 386 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 79,066 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,270,000 after acquiring an additional 489 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors increased its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 11,602 shares of the company’s stock worth $480,000 after acquiring an additional 555 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS HEFA traded up $0.15 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $46.06. 447,613 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 745,636. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $37.05 and a 52-week high of $46.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.76 billion, a PE ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.67. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $44.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $43.31.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, USD-hedged index of large- and mid-cap stocks from developed countries outside the US and Canada. HEFA was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.