Short Interest in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) Rises By 96.7%

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) saw a significant increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 374,953 shares, an increase of 96.7% from the April 15th total of 190,659 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 566,522 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS HEFA opened at $44.34 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $7.47 billion, a PE ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.67. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $37.05 and a fifty-two week high of $45.22. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $43.44 and a 200-day moving average of $42.69.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 34.1% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 208,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,215,000 after buying an additional 52,964 shares in the last quarter. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP grew its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.5% during the third quarter. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP now owns 3,334,727 shares of the company’s stock worth $132,089,000 after buying an additional 143,990 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 1,953.7% during the third quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 19,592 shares of the company’s stock worth $776,000 after buying an additional 18,638 shares in the last quarter. BOKF NA grew its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. BOKF NA now owns 440,088 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,202,000 after buying an additional 11,505 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Osprey Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $1,433,000.

About iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, USD-hedged index of large- and mid-cap stocks from developed countries outside the US and Canada. HEFA was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.