iShares International Select Dividend ETF (BATS:IDV) Short Interest Update

iShares International Select Dividend ETF (BATS:IDV) was the target of a large increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 757,306 shares, an increase of 174.8% from the July 15th total of 275,587 shares. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 753,347 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days.

iShares International Select Dividend ETF Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of BATS IDV opened at $44.70 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $43.03 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $43.28. The firm has a market cap of $6.90 billion, a PE ratio of 10.09 and a beta of 0.76. iShares International Select Dividend ETF has a fifty-two week low of $35.88 and a fifty-two week high of $45.49.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares International Select Dividend ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 8.2% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,872,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $122,238,000 after acquiring an additional 218,259 shares during the period. Align Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares International Select Dividend ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $3,771,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors grew its position in iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 6.5% in the first quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 807,215 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,355,000 after buying an additional 49,561 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,058,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,772,000 after acquiring an additional 49,313 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TD Private Client Wealth LLC increased its stake in iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 11.2% in the 4th quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 460,223 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,156,000 after purchasing an additional 46,238 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares International Select Dividend ETF

iShares International Select Dividend ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones International Select Dividend Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of a selected group of equity securities issued by companies that have provided relatively high dividend yields on a consistent basis over time. The Index consists of 100 of the highest dividend-yielding securities (excluding real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the Dow Jones World Developed-Ex.