iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSEARCA:EWO) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSEARCA:EWO) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 35,650 shares, a growth of 1,601.7% from the May 31st total of 2,095 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 36,681 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares MSCI Austria ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EWO traded up $0.25 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $42.25. 58,400 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 45,371. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $40.34 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $37.75. iShares MSCI Austria ETF has a 1 year low of $28.70 and a 1 year high of $43.60. The stock has a market cap of $141.54 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.04 and a beta of 0.81.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Austria ETF

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Arlington Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 54.6% in the 4th quarter. Arlington Capital Management Inc. now owns 153,235 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,435,000 after buying an additional 54,131 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada increased its position in iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 59.1% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 2,288 shares of the company’s stock valued at $82,000 after acquiring an additional 850 shares during the last quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Austria ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $219,000. AlphaCentric Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Austria ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $141,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 92.1% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,134 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,000 after acquiring an additional 4,380 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Austria ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Austria Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Austria IMI 25/50 Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index consists of stocks traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no single issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Underlying Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Underlying Index weight.