iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) Short Interest Up 353.3% in December

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) saw a significant growth in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,600 shares, a growth of 353.3% from the November 30th total of 3,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 34,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in SUSL. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV grew its holdings in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 11.2% during the 2nd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 739,624 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,792,000 after purchasing an additional 74,656 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 12.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 672,387 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,511,000 after purchasing an additional 76,347 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 15.4% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 341,156 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,634,000 after purchasing an additional 45,538 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 231,145 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,466,000 after purchasing an additional 19,787 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the second quarter valued at $9,601,000.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Price Performance

SUSL traded down $0.13 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $105.85. 5,282 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 28,146. The company has a market cap of $1.09 billion, a PE ratio of 29.97 and a beta of 1.00. iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF has a one year low of $82.80 and a one year high of $108.04. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $104.98 and its 200-day simple moving average is $100.75.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a dividend of $0.331 per share. This is an increase from iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (SUSL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Extended ESG Leaders index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap firms with the highest ESG ratings, weighted by market-cap within each sector buckets. SUSL was launched on May 7, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.