iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 626,441 shares, an increase of 31.9% from the January 15th total of 474,940 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 260,907 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 4.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Currently, 4.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 260,907 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.6%

EWZS opened at $14.94 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF has a 1-year low of $9.71 and a 1-year high of $15.66. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $13.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $13.62. The stock has a market cap of $219.62 million, a PE ratio of 10.78 and a beta of 1.01.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a special dividend, which was paid on Monday, January 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 30th were given a $0.0899 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 138.0%.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of EWZS. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 113.9% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 468,095 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,053,000 after acquiring an additional 249,261 shares during the last quarter. Black Swift Group LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $4,230,000. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 6.2% during the 4th quarter. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 178,515 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,324,000 after purchasing an additional 10,459 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 112.3% in the 4th quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 123,832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,613,000 after purchasing an additional 65,500 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 556.6% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 94,767 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,317,000 after purchasing an additional 80,333 shares during the period.

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.