iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,121,583 shares, a growth of 116.3% from the July 30th total of 518,450 shares. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 315,275 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Performance

Shares of AAXJ stock traded down $0.64 during trading on Friday, hitting $116.85. The company had a trading volume of 226,624 shares, compared to its average volume of 801,364. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.30 and a beta of 0.73. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $114.31 and its 200 day moving average price is $109.90. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a one year low of $85.19 and a one year high of $124.89.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.4208 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. J.Safra Asset Management Corp raised its holdings in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. J.Safra Asset Management Corp now owns 844,489 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $78,639,000 after purchasing an additional 37,240 shares during the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 90.0% in the 1st quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 35,080 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,378,000 after purchasing an additional 16,617 shares in the last quarter. Pragma Gestao DE Patrimonio Ltd. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 10.2% during the fourth quarter. Pragma Gestao DE Patrimonio Ltd. now owns 665,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $61,962,000 after buying an additional 61,400 shares during the last quarter. Climber Capital SA acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $2,746,000. Finally, Acima Private Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 18,183.2% during the second quarter. Acima Private Wealth LLC now owns 25,048 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,989,000 after acquiring an additional 24,911 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index). The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity market performance of the 12 countries, such as Australia, China, Honk Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.