iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 2,950,516 shares, an increase of 321.8% from the May 14th total of 699,462 shares. Approximately 2.5% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 1,280,030 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Milestone Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Milestone Investment Advisors LLC now owns 8,114 shares of the company’s stock worth $904,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. Cannon Financial Strategists Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Cannon Financial Strategists Inc. now owns 19,114 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,177,000 after acquiring an additional 86 shares during the last quarter. Disciplined Investments LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Disciplined Investments LLC now owns 27,928 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,182,000 after acquiring an additional 87 shares during the last quarter. Triangle Securities Wealth Management grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 2.7% in the 1st quarter. Triangle Securities Wealth Management now owns 3,288 shares of the company’s stock worth $366,000 after acquiring an additional 87 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Koshinski Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,639 shares of the company’s stock worth $528,000 after acquiring an additional 88 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF stock opened at $123.54 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $14.53 billion, a PE ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $106.33 and a 12-month high of $124.28. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $120.06 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $117.74.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East. The Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer staples, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare, financials, information technology, energy, telecommunication services and utilities.