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

iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSEARCA:EWO) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 2,095 shares, a drop of 62.2% from the May 14th total of 5,541 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 17,594 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Austria ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Arlington Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 54.6% during the fourth quarter. Arlington Capital Management Inc. now owns 153,235 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,435,000 after acquiring an additional 54,131 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 151,340 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,368,000 after acquiring an additional 3,565 shares during the period. Monument Capital Management boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. Monument Capital Management now owns 123,819 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,392,000 after acquiring an additional 5,227 shares during the period. Zacks Investment Management boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 17.8% during the fourth quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 53,146 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,885,000 after acquiring an additional 8,043 shares during the period. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,846,000.

iShares MSCI Austria ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI Austria ETF stock traded up $0.57 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $42.05. 15,822 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 46,209. iShares MSCI Austria ETF has a 52 week low of $27.56 and a 52 week high of $42.14. The firm has a market cap of $140.87 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.04 and a beta of 0.81. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $39.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is $37.11.

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.