iShares MSCI Poland ETF (NYSEARCA:EPOL) Stock Short Interest Jumps 76.0%

iShares MSCI Poland ETF (NYSEARCA:EPOL) was the target of a significant increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,082,541 shares, an increase of 76.0% from the September 15th total of 615,192 shares. Currently, 5.7% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 318,260 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of EPOL. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Poland ETF by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 11,488 shares of the company’s stock worth $404,000 after purchasing an additional 347 shares during the last quarter. Kaizen Financial Strategies grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Poland ETF by 3.4% during the first quarter. Kaizen Financial Strategies now owns 18,315 shares of the company’s stock worth $731,000 after purchasing an additional 597 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Poland ETF during the third quarter worth about $56,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Poland ETF by 1.0% during the second quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 139,051 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,369,000 after purchasing an additional 1,376 shares during the period. Finally, Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Poland ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $57,000.

iShares MSCI Poland ETF Stock Performance

EPOL traded up $0.11 during trading on Friday, reaching $44.56. 200,147 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 480,464. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $44.41 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $41.40. iShares MSCI Poland ETF has a twelve month low of $32.51 and a twelve month high of $46.03. The stock has a market cap of $982.55 million, a P/E ratio of 9.04 and a beta of 1.02.

About iShares MSCI Poland ETF

The iShares MSCI Poland ETF (EPOL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Poland IMI 25-50 index, a market-cap-weighted index of the broader Polish equity market. EPOL was launched on May 25, 2010 and is managed by BlackRock.