iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 59,167 shares, a decrease of 36.5% from the August 15th total of 93,246 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 27,631 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Price Performance

SUSL stock opened at $135.33 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.42 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $135.15 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $128.86. iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF has a one year low of $109.85 and a one year high of $139.20.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th were paid a $0.3259 dividend. This is an increase from iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $1.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 3.6% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 2,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $262,000 after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the period. Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC now owns 17,023 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,934,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. RVW Wealth LLC boosted its stake in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. RVW Wealth LLC now owns 5,845 shares of the company’s stock valued at $776,000 after purchasing an additional 124 shares during the period. Bluestem Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Bluestem Financial Advisors LLC now owns 49,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,597,000 after purchasing an additional 138 shares during the period. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 8,723 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,158,000 after buying an additional 209 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

The iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (SUSL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Extended ESG Leaders index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap firms with the highest ESG ratings, weighted by market-cap within each sector buckets. SUSL was launched on May 7, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.