iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) saw a large drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 451,483 shares, a drop of 63.6% from the January 29th total of 1,240,739 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 453,196 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 3.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. Currently, 3.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 453,196 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury grew its stake in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 0.8% during the second quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 2,475,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $60,261,000 after buying an additional 20,287 shares during the period. Breakout Capital Partners LP lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 52.3% in the 3rd quarter. Breakout Capital Partners LP now owns 783,676 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $20,313,000 after buying an additional 269,200 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG boosted its position in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 175.8% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 707,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $18,338,000 after buying an additional 451,008 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 562,939 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,402,000 after buying an additional 11,472 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 164.8% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 418,120 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,838,000 after acquiring an additional 260,199 shares in the last quarter. 86.75% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of EWM stock opened at $29.84 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $28.64 and its 200 day moving average price is $26.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $367.02 million, a PE ratio of 14.29 and a beta of 0.55. iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF has a 52-week low of $20.80 and a 52-week high of $30.14.

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Malaysian market, as measured by the MSCI Malaysia Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Malaysian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.