Short Interest in iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSC) Declines By 75.0%

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSC) was the target of a large drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 27,600 shares, a drop of 75.0% from the December 31st total of 110,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 231,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.0 %

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF stock traded down $0.01 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $22.86. 180,764 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 228,965. iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $22.18 and a fifty-two week high of $23.97. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $22.89 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $23.20.

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were issued a $0.0872 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SUSC. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 0.6% during the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 111,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,646,000 after purchasing an additional 652 shares during the period. First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 12.2% during the 3rd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 12,325 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,000 after buying an additional 1,341 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $297,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 13.6% in the 3rd quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 61,724 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,468,000 after acquiring an additional 7,412 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 10.6% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,155,431 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,068,000 after acquiring an additional 301,467 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return characteristics of the Bloomberg US Corporate Index.