iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:HYXF) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:HYXF) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 12,707 shares, a growth of 159.8% from the June 15th total of 4,891 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,610 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Farmers National Bank lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 4.2% in the 1st quarter. Farmers National Bank now owns 5,986 shares of the company’s stock worth $277,000 after acquiring an additional 239 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 38.8% during the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,897 shares of the company’s stock valued at $90,000 after acquiring an additional 530 shares during the period. One Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. One Capital Management LLC now owns 18,753 shares of the company’s stock valued at $886,000 after acquiring an additional 987 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new stake in iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $210,000. Finally, Heartland Bank & Trust Co bought a new stake in iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $258,000.

iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:HYXF opened at $46.51 on Thursday. iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $45.70 and a 1 year high of $47.62. The business has a fifty day moving average of $46.58 and a 200-day moving average of $46.80.

iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a $0.2295 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st. This is an increase from iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 5.9%.

About iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYXF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund tracks a market value-weighted index of high yield, USD-denominated corporate bonds screened for positive ESG ratings. HYXF was launched on Jun 14, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.