Short Interest in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Drops By 15.0%

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) was the target of a significant drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,643,873 shares, a drop of 15.0% from the February 26th total of 6,636,416 shares. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,327,208 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days.

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

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 825.6% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 6,045,597 shares of the company’s stock worth $467,384,000 after purchasing an additional 5,392,418 shares during the period. Fund Evaluation Group LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 18.9% in the fourth quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 2,043,417 shares of the company’s stock valued at $172,955,000 after purchasing an additional 324,706 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 14,604,900.0% during the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 292,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,582,000 after buying an additional 292,098 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 243.7% during the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 237,662 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,116,000 after buying an additional 168,504 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cadinha & Co. LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 344.6% in the 4th quarter. Cadinha & Co. LLC now owns 214,820 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,182,000 after buying an additional 166,499 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ IXUS opened at $87.61 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $61.75 and a one year high of $94.61. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $89.56 and its 200-day moving average price is $86.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $52.92 billion, a PE ratio of 16.14 and a beta of 0.80.

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.