iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF (NYSEARCA:AOR) Short Interest Down 54.0% in August

iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF (NYSEARCA:AOR) saw a significant decrease in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 107,125 shares, a decrease of 54.0% from the July 30th total of 232,926 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 262,533 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Worth Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Worth Asset Management LLC now owns 689,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,400,000 after purchasing an additional 19,273 shares in the last quarter. NBT Bank N A NY boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF by 157,167.7% in the first quarter. NBT Bank N A NY now owns 102,224 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,578,000 after buying an additional 102,159 shares during the period. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. increased its position in shares of iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF by 1,205.7% during the first quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 8,996 shares of the company’s stock worth $579,000 after acquiring an additional 8,307 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF during the fourth quarter worth $33,000. Finally, Gould Capital LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF by 123.6% in the 4th quarter. Gould Capital LLC now owns 2,263 shares of the company’s stock worth $147,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares during the period.

iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF Stock Down 0.3%

AOR stock traded down $0.23 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $69.93. The stock had a trading volume of 357,685 shares, compared to its average volume of 364,857. The firm has a market cap of $3.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.83 and a beta of 0.64. iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF has a twelve month low of $62.17 and a twelve month high of $70.49. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $69.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $67.85.

About iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF

iShares Growth Allocation ETF, formerly iShares S&P Growth Allocation Fund (the Fund), is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P Target Risk Growth Index (the Growth Allocation Index). The Growth Allocation Index seeks to measure the performance of an asset allocation strategy targeted to a growth-focused risk profile. The Fund is designed for investors seeking moderate capital appreciation and opportunity for current income and capital preservation.