iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSEARCA:EWO) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSEARCA:EWO) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 166,748 shares, a growth of 213.6% from the June 30th total of 53,171 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 40,873 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 4.1% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Comerica Bank grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 466.0% during the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 1,217 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 1,002 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Austria ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $30,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Austria ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $456,000. Jane Street Group LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 90.9% in the 2nd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 40,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,188,000 after acquiring an additional 19,240 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 92.1% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,134 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,000 after acquiring an additional 4,380 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Austria ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF stock opened at $41.06 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $172.45 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.04 and a beta of 0.80. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $41.63 and its 200 day moving average is $38.91. iShares MSCI Austria ETF has a 1 year low of $29.08 and a 1 year high of $43.60.

About iShares MSCI Austria ETF

iShares MSCI Austria Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Austria IMI 25/50 Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index consists of stocks traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no single issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Underlying Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Underlying Index weight.