Short Interest in iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF (BATS:GHYG) Grows By 160.1%

iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF (BATS:GHYG) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 17,880 shares, an increase of 160.1% from the July 30th total of 6,873 shares. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 7,305 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF by 11.2% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 556,153 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,878,000 after purchasing an additional 56,213 shares during the period. Hilltop Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF by 6.9% during the fourth quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC now owns 196,093 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,046,000 after purchasing an additional 12,739 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in shares of iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF by 18,748.0% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 9,424 shares of the company’s stock worth $420,000 after purchasing an additional 9,374 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF by 110.3% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 15,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $681,000 after buying an additional 7,920 shares during the period. Finally, Nilsine Partners LLC lifted its holdings in iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Nilsine Partners LLC now owns 32,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,472,000 after buying an additional 661 shares in the last quarter.

iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF Price Performance

BATS GHYG opened at $45.30 on Friday. iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $44.39 and a 1 year high of $46.88. The business’s 50-day moving average is $45.17 and its 200 day moving average is $45.36. The stock has a market capitalization of $163.08 million, a PE ratio of 11.09 and a beta of 0.44.

iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF (GHYG) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of high-yield bonds issued in developed markets and denominated in local currencies. GHYG was launched on Apr 3, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.