iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) Stock Short Interest Report for October

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) saw a significant decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 509,284 shares, a decrease of 95.0% from the October 15th total of 10,170,977 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 3,897,319 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Western Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 289.6% during the 3rd quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 29,356 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,909,000 after buying an additional 21,822 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 42.4% during the third quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 40,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,010,000 after buying an additional 12,049 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,484,373 shares of the company’s stock worth $147,072,000 after buying an additional 38,300 shares during the last quarter. Vestor Capital LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 2,246.2% in the third quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 9,455 shares of the company’s stock valued at $937,000 after buying an additional 9,052 shares during the period. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 10.9% in the third quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 27,494 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,724,000 after buying an additional 2,699 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF stock traded down $0.53 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $88.05. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,858,508 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,966,126. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $96.47 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $92.02. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a one year low of $68.63 and a one year high of $107.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $25.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.74 and a beta of 0.95.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China index. The fund tracks a market-cap- weighted index of emerging-market firms, excluding China. The index covers 85% of the universe by market cap. EMXC was launched on Jul 18, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.