Short Interest in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Grows By 452.4%

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 103,300 shares, an increase of 452.4% from the January 31st total of 18,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 134,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.2 %

SUSB traded up $0.04 during trading on Friday, reaching $24.97. 654,303 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 207,654. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $24.76 and a 200 day moving average price of $24.87. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $24.17 and a fifty-two week high of $25.20.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0877 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 332.8% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 392,337 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,871,000 after purchasing an additional 301,684 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $2,940,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. grew its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 25.1% in the fourth quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 300,924 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,433,000 after acquiring an additional 60,339 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 5.8% during the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 579,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,314,000 after acquiring an additional 31,727 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 26.3% during the fourth quarter. Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC now owns 141,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,484,000 after acquiring an additional 29,391 shares during the period.

About iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index.