iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:HYXF) Short Interest Up 23.8% in August

iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:HYXF) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 131,700 shares, a growth of 23.8% from the August 15th total of 106,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 12.8 days.

iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.0 %

HYXF traded down $0.02 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $43.81. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 10,242 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,193. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $43.99 and a 200 day simple moving average of $43.90. iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $41.72 and a fifty-two week high of $45.43.

iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 8th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 5th were paid a dividend of $0.2301 per share. This represents a $2.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.30%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 1st.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in HYXF. Column Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 17.9% in the second quarter. Column Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,640 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,000 after acquiring an additional 249 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 17.0% during the second quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 12,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $539,000 after purchasing an additional 1,780 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. bought a new stake in iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $204,000. Financial Connections Group Inc. acquired a new position in iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $62,000. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 486.8% during the 1st quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 56,485 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,745,000 after acquiring an additional 46,859 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYXF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund tracks a market value-weighted index of high yield, USD-denominated corporate bonds screened for positive ESG ratings. HYXF was launched on Jun 14, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.