iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 39.9% in September

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 100,578 shares, a decrease of 39.9% from the September 15th total of 167,350 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 149,664 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are sold short.

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

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP raised its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 99.2% during the 1st quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 940 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 468 shares during the last quarter. Operose Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 41.7% during the second quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 1,101 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,000 after buying an additional 324 shares in the last quarter. Union Savings Bank purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $84,000. Sherman Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 34.6% during the first quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $155,000 after purchasing an additional 851 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $210,000.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of BATS ESML opened at $52.58 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $54.06 and a 200 day moving average price of $53.10. The stock has a market cap of $2.35 billion, a PE ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $42.87 and a 52-week high of $56.75.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

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.