iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Short Interest Down 41.8% in February

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 57,826 shares, a drop of 41.8% from the February 12th total of 99,363 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 143,397 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 143,397 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SUSB. Wealthspire Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 479,307 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,064,000 after acquiring an additional 9,075 shares during the period. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 7.9% during the 3rd quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 389,789 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,866,000 after acquiring an additional 28,592 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 13.3% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 372,356 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,372,000 after acquiring an additional 43,796 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the second quarter worth $1,730,000. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 4.5% in the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 226,945 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,712,000 after purchasing an additional 9,729 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of SUSB opened at $25.13 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $25.27 and a 200-day moving average of $25.27. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $24.58 and a 1 year high of $25.39.

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

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.0941 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This is a positive change from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.09.

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.