iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Sees Large Decline in Short Interest

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 60,898 shares, a drop of 79.5% from the December 15th total of 297,722 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 134,180 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 134,180 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.0%

NASDAQ:SUSB opened at $25.24 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $25.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $25.22. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $24.58 and a twelve month high of $25.38.

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

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 19th were given a dividend of $0.0973 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 19th. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.09. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.6%.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Rossby Financial LCC purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth $63,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. raised its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 102.0% during the third quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 2,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 1,477 shares in the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at about $107,000. Motco lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 31.5% during the second quarter. Motco now owns 4,408 shares of the company’s stock worth $111,000 after purchasing an additional 1,056 shares during the last quarter. Finally, VSM Wealth Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 16.2% in the 3rd quarter. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 4,553 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,000 after purchasing an additional 635 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

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. SUSB was launched on Jul 11, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.