Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:ASHR) Short Interest Update

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:ASHR) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,737,332 shares, an increase of 74.6% from the March 31st total of 6,149,144 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,924,174 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 22.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF Stock Performance

ASHR stock opened at $34.63 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $33.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.28. Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF has a fifty-two week low of $25.60 and a fifty-two week high of $35.09. The firm has a market cap of $1.74 billion, a PE ratio of 13.62 and a beta of 0.28.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ASHR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 83.5% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,176,411 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $71,778,000 after purchasing an additional 990,443 shares in the last quarter. DRW Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $9,667,000. Delphi Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 53.8% in the third quarter. Delphi Financial Group Inc. now owns 443,060 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $14,599,000 after purchasing an additional 155,030 shares in the last quarter. Sun Life Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF by 66.9% in the fourth quarter. Sun Life Financial Inc. now owns 330,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,870,000 after purchasing an additional 132,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Freemont Capital Pte Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF in the third quarter valued at $1,814,000.

About Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

The Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the China Shenzhen SE \u002F CSI 300 index. The fund tracks an index of the 300 largest and most liquid Chinese shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. The fund holds physical China A-shares. ASHR was launched on Nov 6, 2013 and is managed by Xtrackers.