iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Short Interest Up 52.0% in January

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 18,700 shares, a growth of 52.0% from the January 15th total of 12,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 154,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 569,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,066,000 after purchasing an additional 10,145 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 24.7% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 489,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,080,000 after buying an additional 96,747 shares during the period. Eastern Bank lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 343,097 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,632,000 after buying an additional 1,178 shares in the last quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 25.1% in the fourth quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 300,924 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,433,000 after acquiring an additional 60,339 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 11.9% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 189,038 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,669,000 after acquiring an additional 20,029 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:SUSB traded up $0.05 on Thursday, reaching $24.77. The company had a trading volume of 76,137 shares, compared to its average volume of 122,296. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $24.17 and a 52-week high of $25.20. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $24.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.86.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.0877 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index.