iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF (NYSEARCA:VEGI) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF (NYSEARCA:VEGI) saw a large increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 16,073 shares, an increase of 114.6% from the April 15th total of 7,491 shares. Currently, 0.5% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 80,172 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VEGI traded down $0.48 during trading on Friday, reaching $45.03. The company had a trading volume of 172,629 shares, compared to its average volume of 72,588. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $45.43 and its 200 day moving average is $42.57. The firm has a market capitalization of $157.61 million, a PE ratio of 18.90 and a beta of 0.69. iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF has a twelve month low of $38.00 and a twelve month high of $47.27.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Sound Income Strategies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF during the first quarter valued at $27,000. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $46,000. Verity Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $665,000. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $871,000. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF by 32.2% in the 3rd quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 75,687 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,969,000 after acquiring an additional 18,452 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF

The iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers ETF (VEGI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in stocks based on a particular theme. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of companies that are sensitive to agricultural commodity prices. VEGI was launched on Jan 31, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.