iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (NASDAQ:EWJV) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (NASDAQ:EWJV) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 25,802 shares, a decrease of 81.2% from the June 15th total of 137,228 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 116,736 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF Trading Up 1.5%

EWJV traded up $0.70 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $46.05. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 251,660 shares, compared to its average volume of 214,095. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $44.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of $43.62. The stock has a market cap of $750.62 million, a P/E ratio of 10.93 and a beta of 0.47. iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF has a twelve month low of $33.62 and a twelve month high of $47.69.

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.4831 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 115.6% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 802,802 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,897,000 after acquiring an additional 430,398 shares during the period. OLD Mission Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 968.3% during the 4th quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 142,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,667,000 after purchasing an additional 129,303 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 38.0% during the third quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 446,596 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,441,000 after purchasing an additional 122,887 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 121.5% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 159,833 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,318,000 after purchasing an additional 87,663 shares during the period. Finally, Waverly Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF in the first quarter valued at $2,860,000.

About iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF

The iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (EWJV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Japan Value index. The fund tracks a multi-factor-selected, market cap-weighted portfolio of Japanese equities. EWJV was launched on Mar 5, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.