iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) Stock Short Interest Report for September

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,047,090 shares, an increase of 78.1% from the September 15th total of 587,801 shares. Approximately 5.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 501,073 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 1.4%

EWZS traded down $0.23 on Thursday, reaching $15.91. The stock had a trading volume of 360,058 shares, compared to its average volume of 522,128. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $11.70 and a 12-month high of $17.15. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $13.45 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $13.79. The company has a market cap of $373.96 million, a P/E ratio of 10.78 and a beta of 0.74.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of EWZS. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 10.5% during the second quarter. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 235,728 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,060,000 after purchasing an additional 22,438 shares in the last quarter. Risk Paradigm Group LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 10.5% in the second quarter. Risk Paradigm Group LLC now owns 235,728 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,060,000 after purchasing an additional 22,438 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 12.1% in the first quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 138,832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,056,000 after buying an additional 15,000 shares in the last quarter. Sankala Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,182,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 54.9% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 38,059 shares of the company’s stock valued at $564,000 after buying an additional 13,496 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the bottom 14% by market capitalization of equity securities listed on stock exchanges in Brazil.