iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) Stock Short Interest Falls 56.4%

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 24,138 shares, a decline of 56.4% from the August 31st total of 55,358 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 16,765 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Shares of HSCZ stock opened at $43.28 on Wednesday. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF has a one year low of $37.40 and a one year high of $44.42. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $43.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $42.56. The stock has a market cap of $257.95 million, a P/E ratio of 14.36 and a beta of 0.61.

Institutional Trading of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF stock. First PREMIER Bank boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) by 28.9% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 39,316 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,825 shares during the period. First PREMIER Bank owned approximately 0.79% of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF worth $1,560,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (HSCZ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of small-cap stocks from developed markets outside the US and Canada, hedged against movements in the underlying currencies for US investors. HSCZ was launched on Jul 1, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.