iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (NASDAQ:EUFN) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (NASDAQ:EUFN) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 589,811 shares, a growth of 85.9% from the January 15th total of 317,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,222,857 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s stock are short sold. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,222,857 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF by 127.2% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 5,567 shares of the company’s stock worth $159,000 after acquiring an additional 3,117 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF by 34.0% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 471,152 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,423,000 after purchasing an additional 119,448 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF in the first quarter valued at about $1,542,000. Harbour Investments Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF by 5,858.3% in the second quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 32,473 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,027,000 after buying an additional 31,928 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Koshinski Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF by 26.4% during the second quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 9,442 shares of the company’s stock valued at $299,000 after buying an additional 1,973 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF Stock Down 1.5%

Shares of iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF stock traded down $0.56 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $36.61. 1,449,302 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,637,385. iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF has a twelve month low of $24.45 and a twelve month high of $38.99. The company has a market cap of $4.67 billion, a PE ratio of 11.10 and a beta of 0.94. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $37.25 and a 200-day simple moving average of $35.04.

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were given a $0.5156 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 286.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th.

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Europe Financials Sector 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 Europe Financials Index (the Index). The Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the combined equity market performance of the financials sector of developed market countries in Europe. Component securities include those of banks, diversified financial companies, insurance companies and real estate companies.