iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Short Interest Update

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,390,000 shares, a growth of 177.3% from the May 31st total of 861,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,509,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 24.4% in the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 1,493,386 shares of the company’s stock valued at $101,341,000 after buying an additional 292,654 shares in the last quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,206,880 shares of the company’s stock valued at $78,363,000 after buying an additional 20,879 shares in the last quarter. Alerus Financial NA grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Alerus Financial NA now owns 1,065,449 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,301,000 after buying an additional 7,045 shares in the last quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $44,772,000. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 279.3% in the 1st quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 633,041 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,958,000 after buying an additional 466,165 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:IXUS traded up $0.14 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $67.45. The company had a trading volume of 689,039 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,599,899. The firm has a market cap of $36.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.97 and a beta of 0.84. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $68.12 and its 200-day moving average price is $66.31. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $57.04 and a one year high of $70.18.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 11th were issued a $1.0192 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, June 11th.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.